President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance will appear in public on Monday, which is expected to expose the reported split between the two men and how they view the war in Iran.
Trump and Vance have not been seen together much since the United States began its joint military operation with Israel in the war with Iran, according to The Swamp, The Daily Beast’s Substack.
The last appearance the two apparently made was with the entire Trump administration Cabinet on March 7 at Dover Air Force Base, during the dignified transfer of six slain U.S. Army service members who were killed in Kuwait.
“All eyes are on the body language between Trump and his vice president this afternoon as they appear in public together for the first time since the war with Iran began more than two weeks ago,” The Swamp reported.
“It’s the worst-kept secret in Washington that Vice President J.D. Vance isn’t the biggest fan of the war, but this should offer a glimpse into how Trump really feels about it,” according to The Swamp. “Vance has been tiptoeing around the subject of the war, but it’s going to be tricky to pull off to the president’s face.”
Last week, Vance dodged a direct question about how he viewed the military action in the Middle East. Vance was taking questions from reporters following his speech in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, where he campaigned for GOP candidates in a district Republicans were hoping to flip. Associated Press reporter Bill Barrow asked the vice president what advice he gave the president regarding military strikes and the economic fallout, including surging gas prices.
“Did you express any concerns like those you’ve expressed in the past on the possibility of those extended wars?” Barrow asked.
Vance refused to directly say whether he supports the joint U.S.-Israeli war in Iran.
“We’re in the Situation Room, where you can’t even take your iPod in there, or your AirPods, I guess what they’re called, you can’t take your iPhone in there, you can’t take anything in there — because it is the most classified space anywhere in the world,” Vance said.
“And I sit there with Pete Hegseth, and Gen. Caine, and Marco Rubio, and the entire White House team, and the president and I, and the entire senior team are talking about the options and about what we need to do and how we must best protect the American people,” Vance added.
“I hate to disappoint you, but I’m not going to show up here in front of God and everybody else and tell you exactly what I said in that classified room partially because I don’t wanna go to prison and partially because I think it’s important for the President of the United States to talk to his advisors without those advisors running their mouth to the American media.”
The post ‘All eyes are on body language’: Awkward meeting expected to reveal Trump and Vance rift appeared first on Raw Story.
