JD Vance appears to be desperately trying to rewrite his role in the administration’s Iran war as his rival to be President Donald Trump’s chosen MAGA successor in 2028 gains favor.
The vice president, known for speaking out against forever wars, was outed as a driving force behind “Operation Epic Fury” in a New York Times report last week that quoted insiders who said he’d urged President Donald Trump to “go big and go fast” if he wanted to strike Iran. Soon after, with public support for the war shockingly low, anonymous sources embarked on a campaign to offer a new narrative painting Vance as the sole voice of reason in the administration.
That spin campaign picked up again Friday with an unnamed “senior Trump official,” apparently speaking on Vance’s behalf, telling Politico the vice president is “skeptical” of the war effort and “worried about success.”
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