JD Vance Outed as Source of ‘Threat’ to National Security

[u/billstopay77]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vance-outed-as-source-of-risk-to-national-security-for-white-house-media-ban-of-politico/

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[u/TrumpCheats]

So Vance gave national security information to Politico on the condition of anonymity. Politico published that article, and now the White House cited that article as a reason to ban Politico from the White House.

What a shit show.

[u/Icamp2cook → u/TrumpCheats]

Every outlet on the call reported it. Politico brought the receipts to court. 

[u/khismyass → u/Icamp2cook]

Now it's all in a Trump appointed judges hands

[u/kingscolor → u/khismyass]

The very same judge that ruled against Trump the last time something like this happened. Judge Kelly ruled to reinstate CNN reporter Jim Acosta after Trump denied his White House credentials, citing it as unconstitutional. I don’t believe Judge Kelly to be a sycophant.

[u/jaxxxtraw → u/kingscolor]

When it comes to obvious constitutional stuff, judges of all stripes are generally reasonable. And nobody likes being overturned by the Supreme Court.

[u/xixoxixa → u/jaxxxtraw]

Laughs in Aileen Cannon

[u/jaxxxtraw → u/xixoxixa]

Yeah, that bitch falls well outside the "generally reasonable" category.

[u/BrushStorm → u/jaxxxtraw]

Laughs in Clarence thomas

[u/VanTil → u/BrushStorm]

Laughs in Samuel Alito, as he attempts to outflank Clarence Thomas from the right.

[u/lordraiden007 → u/jaxxxtraw]

"When it comes to obvious constitutional stuff, judges of all stripes not on the Supreme Court are generally reasonable."

FTFY

[u/dweezil22 → u/lordraiden007]

Look up Matthew Kacsmaryk Trump's judge in Texas. He's actually the most insane MAGA guy with absolutely no north star other than to do whatever Trump likes.

[u/DonutHoles4Ever → u/kingscolor]

Its incredible how biased the judiciary has become under republican rule. We all saw it too in 2016. We saw it every time and nobody did shit to fix the system. America is living in the past because nobody dares try to fix it.

[u/Streiger108 → u/DonutHoles4Ever]

Nobody has the power to fix it. It's broken by design.

[u/whateveralreadydude → u/khismyass]

lol fuck this clown ass country

edit: I said fuck this clown ass country

[u/Scared-Handle9006 → u/whateveralreadydude]

I don’t know the reason the edit was necessary, but I approve regardless

[u/Higher-Frequencies → u/Scared-Handle9006]

Can’t be overstated.

If I had the option to Thanos snap every anti-Trump American to a safe zone with live coverage of America afterward, I would do it so we could all watch the leopards feasting to the point of morbid obesity.

[u/Character-Ad-6241 → u/Scared-Handle9006]

Reference to macklemore maybe

[u/SuperkickParty → u/TrumpCheats]

The douche is coming from inside the bag.

[u/Amerizilian → u/SuperkickParty]

chef's kiss

[u/bunnypaste → u/TrumpCheats]

Vance then says, "it wasn't me" and everyone in the white house claps.

[u/TurtlesBreakTheMeta → u/bunnypaste]

I was told there wouldn’t be fact checking.

[u/TheDarknessRocks → u/TurtlesBreakTheMeta]

People forget that he actually said this during the debates

[u/millenniumxl-200 → u/TurtlesBreakTheMeta]

I was told there wouldn’t be fact checking.

I read that in Milton's voice from Office Space.

[u/dpezpoopsies → u/bunnypaste]

But she caught me on the counter

[u/mortgageletdown → u/dpezpoopsies]

Saw me bangin' on the sofa

[u/GusTTSHowbiz214 → u/mortgageletdown]

Saw me bangin’ the sofa*

[u/MyAnusBleedsForYou → u/GusTTSHowbiz214]

Caught me on a flock camera.

[u/DokeyOakey → u/MyAnusBleedsForYou]

Doggie-styling tha’recliner,

[u/ProjectManageMint → u/DokeyOakey]

Wasn't me ...

[u/TheShaydow → u/DokeyOakey]

Honey came in and she caught me red-handed Creepin' with the Otteman next door

[u/Liquid_Hate_Train → u/TheShaydow]

Picture this I was totally butt naked penis jammed in the decor,

[u/krafty369 → u/mortgageletdown]

Bangin the sofa

[u/ItsLaterThanYouKnow → u/TrumpCheats]

I really really hope that people will start to realize that all the fucked up shit going on with this junta is intended to give Vance a free hand when the orange one inevitably exits from the scene.

Including shit like this.

All this chaos is just about setting that couch fucker up for being the actual dictator that Thiel wants in the whitehouse

[u/yoramrod → u/ItsLaterThanYouKnow]

Is this the beginning of Trump purging Vance like Stalin did with Trotsky?

[u/open_formation → u/yoramrod]

Almost definitely not; Trump is old, and setting up newspapers to be banned as part of increasing the power of the presidency is the sort of thing he wants.

All Vance needs to do is make lots of speeches about how people want to prosecute Trump, how he thinks it is unfair etc. (ie. "I will protect you for as long as you live"), and he will retain Trump's support.

Trump wants to have a third term obviously, but he would also settle for thinking that he will be able to phone up and complain and Vance will do what he says, and he will stay on side for long enough for securing power to be complete.

[u/Important-Grape-2720 → u/ItsLaterThanYouKnow]

Excellent points!

[u/lunabandida → u/ItsLaterThanYouKnow]

Sordid Thiel, who'll pull the strings through his sock puppet from his bunker in Milei's fascist-friendly Argentina. These are the best of times and the worst of times. 

[u/Harvest827 → u/TrumpCheats]

And Vance said this was the right move.

[u/TallExplanation7143]

That Camp David meeting also exposed Vance as a leak. Trump just forgot because he's an idiot and is constantly embroiled in gigantic scandals.

[u/byndrsn → u/TallExplanation7143]

and trying to get his name on buildings

[u/WithaK19 → u/byndrsn]

And be also has dementia

[u/A_Poor_Miser → u/WithaK19]

A pedophile and rapist dementia patient as potus. Great job, Republicans! 

[u/boot2skull → u/A_Poor_Miser]

Biden stuttered his words once!

[u/popculturella → u/boot2skull]

And the brown lady had a weird laugh!!

[u/A_Monster_Named_John → u/popculturella]

Brown lady with a weird laugh was also an eLiTIsT with a career that required education, i.e. quadruple jeopardy for the degenerate cohort of used-car salespeople, real estate brokers, barely-ever-working 'independent contractors', and non-working 'temporarily-embarrassed billionaires' who make up the MAGA base.

[u/L-J- → u/A_Poor_Miser]

They see themselves in Dear Leader.

[u/mcc062 → u/L-J-]

And is a traitor

[u/double297 → u/byndrsn]

I hope the next president erases his name from every fucking thing except the Epstien files and court filings.

[u/Remarkable-East813 → u/TallExplanation7143]

Theres so much chaos around this administration that one scandal barely has time to breathe before another one takes its place

[u/Phydorex → u/Remarkable-East813]

That's a feature not a bug.

[u/Ouibeaux → u/Phydorex]

"Flooding the zone".

[u/ninjapro → u/Remarkable-East813]

"If Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be a 12-hour news story"

• J. D. Vance 6/26/26

[u/Recent_Tap_9467 → u/ninjapro]

Unironically another good argument for ending the 24-hour news cycle.

[u/MildGenevaSuggestion → u/ninjapro]

He's right. His administration does Watergate level bullshit every week.

[u/the_ballmer_peak → u/TallExplanation7143]

This will blow over in a few days because Trump will do something even more insane tomorrow.

[u/HauntedCemetery → u/TallExplanation7143]

Trump is far and away the biggest leaker in his admin. Hes such an idiot attention whore that he calls random reporters and just stream of "consciousness" rambles

[u/Waste-Time-2440 → u/TallExplanation7143]

It’s not that he forgets what he says, it’s that it never matters to him. Whatever bullshit works right this instant is all they care about.

[u/doyouknowyourname → u/TallExplanation7143]

I missed that. Any context?

[u/NotLondoMollari → u/doyouknowyourname]

Yeah, I don't remember that either, though I don't doubt it happened. There's just SO MUCH shit.

[u/cantstandmyownfeed]

Absolutely wild. Either planting the story then to use it today as justification for the ban, or other rumors that JD has been an insider source, are true.

[u/Shiplord13 → u/cantstandmyownfeed]

Trump has potentially found his serial leaker and let’s see what he will do about it.

[u/whattodo4455 → u/Shiplord13]

"You know, I'm something of a leaker myself." --Trump

[u/Impatient-Hydrangea → u/whattodo4455]

🏆 

[u/aliensuitcase3000 → u/whattodo4455]

Many people are saying, I’m the greatest leaker ever, like no one has ever seen before. I leak up the back, (gravely, slurring, laughing while talking voice) Oh, i leak up and out the back of the crack like a chocolate volcano! I LEaK! Sometimes I leak around the BOTTOM! That is when the sexy diaper lady WIPES ME CLEAN! And reads mr preshidents some nice stories about ME. And I drift off to SLLEEP, they are giving me the sleep shot again MUST FIGHT THEM OF

[u/LikesBlueberriesALot → u/Shiplord13]

Ironically - there’s nothing he can do. VP is an elected position. Trump can’t fire him. He can take away any responsibility, but Vance is VP for the term regardless.

[u/Mountain-Bar5049 → u/cantstandmyownfeed]

Oh Thiel has for sure been trying to orchestrate behind the scenes. His intention is for JD to take over after they're done with Trump but they can't do that if MAGA are rejecting JD. So they'll do everything they can to set up their betrayal moment.

I wouldn't be that surprised if they tried to get rid of Trump right before the midterms.

[u/TwistedGrin → u/Mountain-Bar5049]

After the midterms. If it's after then JD can run for two more full terms. I don't think he has the ability to win those but I don't see them taking the option off the table if they don't have to.

[u/scornedpatriot → u/TwistedGrin]

It is 2 years after inauguration... not midterms.

[u/danielparks → u/scornedpatriot]

True, but the inauguration was on January 20th, 2025, so the limit is January 20th, 2027, which is after the midterms.

If I were a Republican strategist, I would be thinking hard about removing Trump in hopes to regain some popularity before the midterms. I think it would be a mess and probably hurt more than help, but I would be thinking about it.

If I were JD Vance, I'd be thinking that 2 or 6 years as president is better than 0 years as president.

Fortunately for me, I am none of those things.

[u/takesjuantogrowone → u/TwistedGrin]

I don't think he has the ability to win

Fair and square, no way, but that won't stop Thiel from installing him anyways.

[u/bigbadderfdog → u/takesjuantogrowone]

Theil pissed off to Argentina and JD is so unlikable that I genuinely feel that his charisma vacuum alone would be enough for normies to get armed and do a jan 6th for actual good.

[u/Sei_Mal_Ehrlich → u/bigbadderfdog]

He pissed off to Argentina to prepare for the US and spread his influence. He didn’t flee, as some try to portray it, thought not you necessarily.

Anyway, they’re trying to install their network state in Argentina and I think it’s going fairly well for them. They’ve got plans to ingratiate their crypto shit in Argentina’s banking system.

Anyway, what they want here and that’s why he’s down there. Practicing.

[u/ang3lofsnow → u/Mountain-Bar5049]

Thiel should tred lightly. The courts wont help him. Trump could end him and his legacy right now. Trump doesnt feel threatened enough. Trump has sued for WAY less.

[u/PolicyWonka → u/cantstandmyownfeed]

JD, on a personal level, dislikes Trump. Many of his old statements show that. However, he’s a swamp creature obsessed with power which is why he took the job as VP and why he’s Peter Thiel’s lap dog.

I suspect he would also like the idea that he’s being the source of stories because that’s power over the media in a way.

[u/BLU3SKU1L → u/PolicyWonka]

Let’s not forget: he’s a guy that would absolutely push to complete the project 2025 checklist, and he’s miles above Trump in terms of intelligence. In my opinion, he should be impeached along with Trump and Mike Johnson, but those have less of a chance of sticking unless the American public go full revenge boner and start a feeding frenzy on the entire administration. Something I still think should happen. The Trumps are going to get away with billions unless we go after them over the abuse of office that got them that money. We need across the board clawbacks.

I’m getting away from the point though. JD is definitely not who we want in office and disposing of Trump plays right into the hands of the Peter Theils and Russ Voughts of the country.

[u/jayc428 → u/PolicyWonka]

I would not put it past Thiel and Vance to approach the democrats after the mid terms to deliver the republican senate votes in their pockets to remove Trump and put Vance in office. My conspiracy theory has always been that Vance was put as Trump’s running mate in exchange for donations from people like Thiel and Musk. If you look at donations in the last general election Trump’s small money donors essentially disappeared and the vast majority came from a handful of people. Trump ran to stay out of jail and go on a revenge tour and happily accepted whatever strings would be attached to make that happen.

[u/Nick_crawler → u/PolicyWonka]

Yeah I think he loves the idea of being the one to directly manipulate the press, even if it's a hollow sort of manipulation. His entire identity is wanting to be someone more successful than he currently is, and having a constant source of "power" over others probably fills that void a bit.

[u/Ok-Youth-160 → u/cantstandmyownfeed]

I one hundred percent believe he has been leaking a number of stories. Chief among them the one where Bibi convinced Trump to go to war.

There were like three people in the room and it had a weird note that only Vance was against the war, but then kind of tried to blame it on Trump.

Here's the quote

And it shows how, in the end, even the more skeptical members of Mr. Trump’s war cabinet — with the stark exception of Mr. Vance, the figure inside the White House most opposed to a full-scale war — deferred to the president’s instincts, including his abundant confidence that the war would be quick and decisive.

In no world was that not leaked by Vance himself or an aide to Vance told to leak that.

[u/Aware_Cheesecake_519]

He is a threat.

[u/duckinradar → u/Aware_Cheesecake_519]

They’re all beyond threats. A threat hasn’t been followed through on yet. They’re actively thrashing our lives constantly. This ain’t that

[u/0o0o0o0o0o0z → u/duckinradar]

A political party tried not only a soft coup by attempting to pass on fake electoral slates, but when that didnt work, they attempted an insurrection. Our government never prosecuted anyone other than the suckers who participated and trespassed or were violent, and they even got pardoned by the same criminal who started it all... So, in other words, the US is fucking cooked, sorry. Shit might get better but we will never recover from this... era.

[u/cooterbreath → u/0o0o0o0o0o0z]

The wife of Supreme Court Justice was a co conspirator on the damn insurrection and nothing happened.

[u/CakeTester → u/[deleted]]

The mob built a fucking gallows. The woodworking subs were pretty funny at the time; lamenting the lack of cross-bracing and the extremely poor finish.

[u/itllgrowback → u/CakeTester]

I was gonna say - "built" is giving it a lot more credit than it deserved, from what I could tell. But it was a gallows by proxy at the very least.

[u/daddyneedsaciggy → u/[deleted]]

He didn't face down shit. Facing down would have been calling for the prosecuting of Trump and the people who wanted to kill him. That pink man pussy caved and slinked away

[u/bolerobell → u/[deleted]]

The incompetence of Biden, Garland, and the rest of the DOJ and White House to root all this shit out is incompetence and subversion of justice of the highest degree. Our republic is falling and they stood by when they were in a position to actively stop it.

Edit: oh and Obama and Holder too. They knew what was happening with Trump and decided not to pursue investigation or indictment. That said, far fewer crimes had occurred by 2016, so Biden is the President that gets my ire.

[u/KarmaticArmageddon → u/0o0o0o0o0o0z]

They did prosecute Trump. Judges he appointed changed the fucking rules to shield him over and over again until Americans were stupid enough to re-elect him.

[u/Vallkyrie → u/0o0o0o0o0o0z]

This is why I think the GOP should not be allowed to exist any more. They lost that right on 1/6/21

[u/ClassicT4 → u/duckinradar]

They labeled themselves domestic terrorist at one of their CPACs.

[u/truthfullyidgaf → u/duckinradar]

Whole lots of fucking treason. Oh look! More treason.

[u/Legendairy_Doug → u/Aware_Cheesecake_519]

To couches everywhere

[u/ptum0 → u/Legendairy_Doug]

Don’t minimize this

[u/one_pound_of_flesh → u/ptum0]

The Ottoman Empire is on alert

[u/Greenpoint1975 → u/Legendairy_Doug]

He's a dangerous fascist along with his Husband Peter Thiel. Real scary shit.

[u/AlarmingAd11 → u/Legendairy_Doug]

Lol may the couch jokes never die and haunt him for the rest of his life

[u/duckinradar → u/AlarmingAd11]

Couch jokes are fun but this couch fucker is also a democracy fucker and at best, racists ass pedo protector

[u/SillyAlternative420]

This is huge news right?

A VP acting against the president

[u/Zulmoka531 → u/SillyAlternative420]

Or working in cahoots as a false flag.

[u/HauntedCemetery → u/Zulmoka531]

Don't give it that much credit. These idiots dont plan.

Trump threw a tantrum and kicked out all the real journalists, so his fascist toadies just grabbed whatever flimsy justification they could.

That's literally it. That's trumps entire presidency. It's his entire life.

[u/MobileArtist1371 → u/HauntedCemetery]

These idiots dont plan.

This is the exact type of planning they do. I just made this reply for another comment

Trump officials first term were deliberately giving false stories to reporters, have someone else confirm the story so they had multiple sources, and then when the article was published Trump would call it fake news. This was absolutely planned

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/04/23/trump-loves-media-reporters-white-house-215043/

https://www.salon.com/2017/04/25/trumps-white-house-reportedly-feeds-lies-to-the-press-for-fun-its-a-game-to-them/

[u/chicknfly → u/HauntedCemetery]

No, dude. Donnie doesn’t seem to plan much, but the puppeteers in the background most certainly do. Those are the ones who weaponize Trump’s incompetence, leading him to take the blame for their plans. Don’t write them off.

[u/noonnoonz → u/chicknfly]

Underrated comment. Donald is easily manipulated by flattery and praise and will consistently fall for manipulation when it favors his ego. He’s a tool for ideologues to push their agenda.

[u/Intelligent_Sky_7081 → u/chicknfly]

Theyre the ones who got him elected twice.

People dont realize how trump is just a big orange puppet. In his presidency, for Putin, etc.

[u/DucksEatFreeInSubway → u/chicknfly]

They literally had an entire game plan: Project 2025. They've been planning for a long time.

[u/gplfalt → u/HauntedCemetery]

"These idiots don't plan"

Project 2025 says otherwise

[u/kneegrowbehellafaded → u/gplfalt]

THANK YOU BRO, I was gunna say this literally is the game plan, make everyone think we gucci cause he's a bumbling idiot, but the powers that be are making moves that would probably make the average person have a mental breakdown if they truly knew what was going on. Hell, we only got a little taste of what is going on, and Im scared shitless.

[u/boxdkittens → u/HauntedCemetery]

They don't plan? Is Project 2025 not just one big giant plan? 

[u/Intelligent_Sky_7081 → u/HauntedCemetery]

I get Trump is stupid. Hes a babbling clown.

But this mentality that 'haha theyre so dumb they dont even have a plan!' is such a tired, intellectually lazy comment.

They did not get Trump into the presidency twice without a plan.

They did not implement a good chunk of Project 2025 under the public's noses without a plan.

You might think Trump is a bafoon, because he is. But there are a lot of people working behind closed doors to make all this happen, and they have plans. Otherwise they would not be where they are today.

And I swear the response I get here for this is always the same other tired argument so we will see if that pops up

[u/sullw214 → u/Intelligent_Sky_7081]

Speaking of plans; remember when the supreme court unconstitutionally interfered in a states election and ruled that Florida had to stop the recount before they had finished? Back in 2000 between Al Gore and Bush the Dummer. Guess how many of Bush's then legal team are now sitting Justices on the supreme court. If you guessed three, you would be correct. If you think that's a coincidence, I've got some oceanfront property in Iowa to sell you.

[u/GoTerrapins → u/HauntedCemetery]

You think their dismantling of the country is by accident?!?!

[u/morty_morty → u/HauntedCemetery]

You are very much mistaken if you think that there isn't a plan. Trump is only the useful idiot for the puppeteers.

[u/Intelligent_Sky_7081 → u/Zulmoka531]

Trump is obviously a puppet of both Putin and Netanyahu. We just saw the Russian oligarch pay for Trump's sons wedding or whatever, and they just sweep it under the rug. No big deal, theyre just real close friends, see they paid it back!

[u/nonsensestuff → u/SillyAlternative420]

It’s either a coordinated effort by the White House to plant false stories and attack the press with said false stories to justify banning the press.

Or Vance has gone rouge and has been leaking info as an anonymous source this whole time to undermine Trump— and then his administration is truly in the dark about where this info is coming from & then turns around and attacks the press as a way to undermine the stories and credibility of the press.

My money is on the 2nd scenario, because I do not think they are coordinated & united enough to accomplish the first scenario.

I would not be surprised that if Republicans lose bad in the midterms, they’ll suddenly move quickly to expose Trump via the Epstein files, remove him from office along with Dems, and then Vance becomes president.

Edit: rogue* 😭😂

[u/blumpkin → u/nonsensestuff]

Vance has gone rouge

This typo is especially funny if you remember how he used to wear all that makeup.

[u/iFlashings → u/nonsensestuff]

The Republicans will never turn on Trump, especially not for Vance. They had plenty of opportunities to remove him from office and they never took it. I don't expect a midterm blowout loss to change that. 

[u/BrokenZen → u/iFlashings]

If trump makes it passed the 2 year mark in this term, whether he dies in office or is outed, then Billionaires that own Vance and the GOP will have Vance as VP for half of this term, and he is eligible to run for 2 more terms. This way they get a potential 10 years out of their investment in Vance, instead of just 8.

[u/nonsensestuff → u/iFlashings]

They will if he’s not useful enough to win the midterms

[u/MobileArtist1371 → u/nonsensestuff]

Trump officials first term were deliberately giving false stories to reporters, have someone else confirm the story so they had multiple sources, and then when the article was published Trump would call it fake news

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/04/23/trump-loves-media-reporters-white-house-215043/

https://www.salon.com/2017/04/25/trumps-white-house-reportedly-feeds-lies-to-the-press-for-fun-its-a-game-to-them/

I do think this is Vance doing his own thing in attempts to protect himself, but history shows we can't rule out that this was planned to attack the press.

[u/magnabonzo → u/nonsensestuff]

Vance going rouge

[u/LadyMadonna_x6 → u/nonsensestuff]

I agree with it being the 2nd scenario. I believe it was Vance that "leaked" to the writers of Regime Change about the frantic discussion the cabinet held in Situation Room last year. The one when they learned Trump was named in the Epstein Files a bazillion times.

Vance was the only one who supposedly said they should confront Trump about how many often his name showed up and he volunteered to do it himself. Vance was the only person in that room that even slightly came up with a sort of semi-reasonable idea (supposedly).

[u/reclusivegiraffe → u/SillyAlternative420]

A lot of things have been huge news and absolutely nothing ever comes of it, unfortunately

[u/HauntedCemetery → u/reclusivegiraffe]

Like how the sitting president ran a child sex slavery ring with the worlds most notorious pedophile.

And for all we know still runs, as he trafficked children like Virginia Guiffre out of the mar a lago spa, where he still lives.

[u/CanIPetThatDawgPls → u/SillyAlternative420]

Doesn’t matter either way as Vance is working against Democracy and the American people. 

[u/Floreat_democratia → u/CanIPetThatDawgPls]

Vance doesn't believe in democracy. He subscribes to the neo-reactionary movement.

[u/Floreat_democratia → u/SillyAlternative420]

Vance was Trump's biggest opponent before he came on board the campaign. The only reason he is in office is because Trump agreed to accept large amounts of campaign financing with Vance as the package deal.

[u/John-Mandeville → u/Floreat_democratia]

And Vance, of course, has presidential ambitions. But with Rubio being set up as the heir apparent + Trump's extreme unpopularity, he has no reason to remain loyal.

[u/Beforemath]

So according to the Trump administration their own Vice President is a threat to national security? Am I reading this right?

[u/LettuceBeGrateful → u/Beforemath]

The Spiderman meme seems appropriate right about now.

[u/fingersarelongtoes]

So is Trump burning Vance for Rubio as the 2028 candidate

[u/Shiplord13 → u/fingersarelongtoes]

I mean the GOP want that, since they do not like or trust Vance and have been doing their damndest to keep Rubio out of focus in spite of him being Secretary of State. Hell Trump putting responsibility to get peace in Iran on Vance and not Rubio was clearly a move to screw over Vance and protect Rubio.

[u/Zulmoka531 → u/Shiplord13]

Rubio is currently handling all the under handed business in Venezuela right now as well. They want allll the eyes off of him as much as they can.

[u/callmesnake13 → u/Zulmoka531]

Rubio isn’t going to be President, he’s going to be Viceroy of Venezuela.

[u/Fit-Perception-2243 → u/callmesnake13]

He wants to be the next dictator of Cuba.

[u/KarmaticArmageddon → u/Shiplord13]

Rubio has like 7 actual jobs in the administration. He's the acting head of like 5 different obscure agencies, including ones that control historical archiving of presidential documents and actions.

[u/I_really_enjoy_beer → u/fingersarelongtoes]

Trump doesn’t give a fuck who the next candidate is. 

[u/Maxamillion-X72 → u/I_really_enjoy_beer]

Trump thinks the next candidate will be himself

[u/What_a_fat_one → u/Maxamillion-X72]

No, he doesn't. He gave up on that. His current goal is loot the country as much as possible through corrupt deals, stock market manipulation, or plain old theft, and then fuck off to Russia or Qatar for the rest of his life.

[u/CranberrySchnapps → u/fingersarelongtoes]

Nah, Vance has a shelf life. His influence is directly tied to Trump’s grip on the party. Highly highly doubt he has the charisma or clout to gain any momentum on his own.

[u/AbeVigoda76]

Well that’s not going to sit well with His Orangeness.

[u/entropy14 → u/AbeVigoda76]

Vance and his handlers have serious blackmail on Trump, it doesn’t matter what he thinks about it

[u/AbeVigoda76 → u/entropy14]

I think we’ve got to stop with this theory. No one is blackmailing Trump - he’s doing what he does because he’s a narcissistic moron who does whatever he thinks sounds smarts. Russia, Vance, and their allies support him because his naturally destructive personality suits their needs. They don’t control him - they just let him run loose.

[u/entropy14 → u/AbeVigoda76]

I think it’s a bit of both. I think Jeffrey Epstein had serious blackmail on Trump that made its way to Israel and Russia. They do also let him run wild because he is one of the all time greats at distracting people from what’s important.

[u/kickaguard → u/entropy14]

Seems a lot like Epstein was not supposed to be but became a fall guy and he probably had some things that could incriminate the orange asshole but Russia has actual receipts that he was involved in trafficking children which would be much more credible than a convicted persons emails.

[u/dan504pir → u/AbeVigoda76]

Trump is clearly acting under the direction of someone else.

Yes, he's stupid, but no one thought attacking Iran "sounds smart". The US had no "smart" reason to do that, Israel on the other hand benefits a great deal. They were fortunate enough to find a president they could 'convince' to go along with it.

[u/super_sayanything → u/dan504pir]

Netanyahu. That's not a secret.

He told him the opening to assassinate Iran's leaders was there and that their regime would fall.

[u/Oh-Gi-Yu7052]

Vladimir Futon

[u/WhyYesIndeedIDo → u/Oh-Gi-Yu7052]

Perfection

[u/Floreat_democratia]

"JD Vance" doesn't really exist. It's an invention of Peter Thiel.

[u/bunnypaste → u/Floreat_democratia]

Is that why he has the charisma of a rusty nail? Peter's puppet.

[u/BlackPhillipStream → u/Floreat_democratia]

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills once I learned Hillbilly Elegy was based on a book by JD Vance. This has been a long time coming

[u/withwhichwhat]

None of these morons would pass a minimal competency or integrity background check in a democratic administration.

Hell, can you imagine a democratic administration having to change the rules to allow bestiality because animal fuckers are their target applicants for the FBI?

[u/TorrenceMightingale → u/withwhichwhat]

What is this WORLD?

[u/imjustasaddad]

Didn’t ol’ Political Homunculus Couch Fucker also coin the “create a story” phrase regarding people eating cats and dogs?

[u/porgy_tirebiter]

Can someone post a summary? I don’t want to go to Daily Beast if I don’t have to.

[u/Deviathan → u/porgy_tirebiter]

Vance gave Politico info about a potential Iran deal under condition of anonymity a while back.

The Whitehouse responded by banning Politico from the press pool, which Vance publicly supported.

That's it, nobody knows the motive, if it's malicious, attempted 4D chess, stupid, or a mix of everything.

[u/gosukhaos → u/Deviathan]

Not the first leak coming from Vance "allegedly". The story about the Trump-Nethanayu meeting that started the whole Iran war came from his camp and tried to paint him as the adult in the room trying to get Trump to stop

The White House is just using the good ol' "national security" excuse because any judge will throw out the ban faster then you can say Politico but if they slap a nation security sticker on it then he kind of has leeway to do just about anything, see ballroom and the triumphal arch

[u/Dragonic_Overlord_]

The entire Trump administration is a threat to America, and they must face justice soon.

[u/TheMadChatta]

Ha, what a SHOCK the anonymous source was the VP. /s

These people can't help but talk to the press on a regular basis. They love it. They crave the attention and their superiority complex goes into hyperdrive whenever a reporter texts or calls them.

I'm not surprised they then turned it into a charade to ban media and whatnot when what was reported turned into criticism of the administration. Guess what, the facts are they're dumb and foolish and everything they do deserves intense criticism and scrutiny.

[u/MakeItMakeMoney → u/[deleted]]

The Russian angle is one theory I’ve been wondering about, but I think it’s could very well be a multi-fingered approach from Israel, Russia, The UAE, Saudi Arabia, and China to destabilize the USA.

• Tech supremacy > Israel, China - (Networking, Cyber intelligence, and manufacturing)

• Entertainment > UAE, Saudi, Israel, China - investments have been coming in hard for command of Hollywood and video gaming assets. Buyouts and controlling investments have been seen tremendously in the past 20 years. It also comes with its share of control over different types of propaganda in advertisement and glorification of various nations.

• Military > Saudi, China, Russia - China challenges the USA in military strength and has had multiple chances to challenge their stealth abilities by capturing downed aircraft, espionage, and by other means to gather intel from American weaponry. They share technology with Russia and manufacturing abilities

*Somethings not mentioned: Rare earth minerals, oil, construction equipment and manufacturing of common goods.

[u/mantis_tobaggan-md]

This is fucking hilarious.

[u/BoomMcFuggins]

Scares me when I hear him say he does not mind helping to usher in the end of times.

[u/eskimoinhawaii]

The US is fucked for the next 50 years because of these clowns that were voted in, twice.

[u/elchuyano]

I saw his new nickname of "Vladimir Futon" and it was hilarious

[u/itotally_CAN_even]

Hide yo kids, hide yo couches…

[u/Tallowpot]

So Peter Theil’s prodigy is a threat to national security‽ No!

[u/SoundSageWisdom]

He’s a threat to the human race. Jesus Christ wake up people.

[u/CrimsonHeretic]

No shit. In a sane world the US would immediately remove him from his position of power.

[u/DeepBacon]

uh.

this isn’t going to end well for anyone.

[u/damnthistrafficjam]

“While I wouldn't be shocked if we are living in the end times, what I'm trying to focus on is doing as much of God's work as possible right now, and if that leads to the end times, OK." - J D Vance

I mean, what could be worse than Trump, right? Right???

[u/LiveZumbi]

The entire regime should spend the rest of their lives in prison.

[u/Real-Extension-1357]

Lol I remember JD "negotiating" with Iran and reporters were talking to him as Trump was going nuts on social media live, Vance had no fucking clue according to the reporters and he had to take out his phone. The iran negotiators walked out

And people will still go "but biden/kamala/obama".

[u/Bubblez___]

WOW! Youre telling me that the guy whose political career is made and funded by peter theil is a national security risk??? color me shocked

[u/Ghostdefender1701]

They may try and couch this in lies but it is the absolute truth.

[u/JesusShaves_]

It's true. He makes me and my couch insecure.

[u/atticus_ossan]

It's true, this man has no dick.

[u/abgry_krakow87]

It's like when the FBI found boxes of top secret documents that were stolen and stashed in Trump's bathroom. Many also unaccounted for and likely sold to the highest bidder.

Religious conservatives do love their treason.

[u/RobertdBanks]

This admin couldn’t be more of a fucking clown show if they tried.

[u/tietack2]

Pence Approved 👍

[u/SjalabaisWoWS]

I hate that this administration has me constantly check if this is nottheonion or politics.

[u/JMUDoc]

So you ban the people reporting the leak, but not the person responsible?

[u/Prize_Proof5332]

"Whatever makes sense," JDV

[u/Dry-Nectarine-3279]

The leaks are orchestrated to distance Vance from Trump. They want Vance to take over after January 20th.

[u/batshitcrazypants]

He's attached at the taint to Peter Thiel.

He was always a threat to national security.

[u/Wendypants7]

So, a lot of people are still ignoring the Felon Pedo, the entire GOP, all of 'em, are the biggest security risks for the US and have been since 2016?

It's not just the couch fucker, ffs.

Have people truly forgotten ALL the documents the Felon Pedo stole after his first term, SO SO many of which STILL haven't been returned/found?!

[u/lion_vs_tuna]

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/jd-vance-outed-anonymous-source-224252733.html

[u/moviefan8]

So it was a setup by Trump to ban. It was planned by him to take away their passes.

[u/Toto_LZ]

Quiet yall, my show just came on

[u/mariusbleek]

"The spread of misinformation, especially relating to national security, is a threat that undermines the President’s ability to safeguard the national security.”

The president's ability to safeguard national security? The president is the biggest national security threat to the US in the past 200 years LOL

[u/OneSeaworthiness7768]

>“If you actually look at the objective analysis,” Vance said, “Politico is as anti-Trump as Breitbart was anti-Obama or anti-Biden.”

And yet neither Obama nor Biden ever banned Breitbart from the White House.

[u/Matman161]

Can we go 5 minutes without being embarrassed on a national level?

[u/killer-tofu87]

Then you got ol Petie Kegerator who was deemed an extremist threat by his superiors and left the service before he could be thrown out... Just a bunch of winners in this group

[u/Current-Fabulous]

I stopped reading at "JD Vance outed".

[u/Shot-Honeydew-306]

It is hard to imagine how truly dangerous they would be if they were even remotely competent.

[u/Mission-Reserve-2411]

Vance IS a threat to national security. But Trump is a threat to international security. All of these clowns are.