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WHAT VANCE UNDERSTANDS
Vice President JD Vance sat with Joe Rogan for nearly three hours for a podcast episode released Wednesday and he did something that is exceedingly rare for politicians — he showed a bit of humility.
Vance admitted the Trump administration mishandled the Epstein files. He vented frustrations with an Israeli influence campaign attempting to derail the administration’s negotiations with Iran. And while he warned that socialism isn’t the answer to the economic problems facing young Americans, he conceded that the GOP’s response isn’t working.
Those may seem like three distinct topics. But Vance’s willingness to grapple honestly with each of them reflected an understanding that many politicians still lack.