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applegrove

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Thu Apr 16, 2026, 06:03 PM Thursday

Trump Quizzes Advisers on JD Vance

Trump Quizzes Advisers on JD Vance

April 16, 2026 at 5:17 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 21 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/04/16/trump-quizzes-people-on-jd-vance/


CNN: “With Vice President JD Vance, a one-time Iran war skeptic, now tasked with brokering a deal to end it, President Donald Trump has been monitoring his progress closely and inquiring with various friends and advisers how they’d rank his performance…”

“The president has wondered aloud how they think Vance compares to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a potential rival for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination.”


Applegrove: Rubio is a dyslexic and Republicans always run dyslexics for president because they can counterpunch being visual thinkers. Reagan, Bush, Bush and Trump. All have various forms of dyslexia. Now Rubio. So JD is out. IMHO other leaders who were dyslexic: Washington, Teddy Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Churchill, Woodrow Wilson, Kennedy, Napoleon, and Hitler.
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Trump Quizzes Advisers on JD Vance (Original Post) applegrove Thursday OP
This was my impression too. He set J. V. up and propped up Rubio underpants Thursday #1
Does Trump respect Vance? Norrrm Thursday #2
Still living in his fantasy world odins folly Thursday #3

underpants

(196,823 posts)
1. This was my impression too. He set J. V. up and propped up Rubio
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 06:27 PM
Thursday

He sent J. V. on geo folks errands (Hungary & Islamabad) while taking Rubio with him to the Bro-land UFC fight (in Rubio’s home turf Miami). I’m not sure if they’re polling of course but J. V. was seen as the front runner if only for being VP. BTW Don Jr. was extremely popular and probably still is but he’s probably #3 right now.

Typical Trump

“If it doesn’t happen, I’m blaming JD Vance,” Trump said, somewhat in jest, of an Iran deal during an Easter lunch this month. “If it does happen, I’m taking full credit.”

Norrrm

(5,247 posts)
2. Does Trump respect Vance?
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 06:28 PM
Thursday

Does Trump respect Vance?...
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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/562054-jd-vance-trump-views-people-who-kiss-his-a-all-the-time-as-weak/

JD Vance: Trump views people who ‘kiss his a– all the time’ as ‘weak (2021)
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"JD is kissing my ass..." (2022)

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