JD Vance in CNN "State of the Union" interviews for 2024 races

On Foreign Policy: Let Israel prosecute this war the way they see fit

Q: President Biden believes that too many civilians have been killed with U.S. weapons [by Israel in Gaza].

A: there are two big problems with what the Biden administration is doing. First of all, it's a fundamentally incoherent policy. On the one hand, they're saying too many Palestinian civilians have been killed. With the other hand, they're depriving the Israelis of the precision-guided weapons that actually cut down on civilian casualties. So, if you're worried about Palestinian casualties, the stated policy here actually doesn't make a ton of sense. And I think the bigger problem here if we zoom out is, look, and I hate to say this, but America is not good at micromanaging wars in the Middle East. The Israelis are our allies. Let them prosecute this war the way they see fit.

Source: CNN SOTU interview on 2024 Republican Veepstakes May 12, 2024

On Principles & Values: People have gotten rich and powerful off of American decline

A person with a bachelor's degree lives seven years longer than a person without a bachelor's degree. There are a lot of people who have gotten rich and powerful off--off of American decline. Some of them have had R's next to their name. Some of them have had D's next to their name. And the first person who I believe is really putting the interest of the American people first is Donald J. Trump. So, yes, we're going to be the president and the vice president for all people. Source: CNN SOTU interview: 2024 Vice Presidential Veepstakes Oct 27, 2024

On War & Peace: Trump said "no" when a lot of them wanted a ridiculous war

And I think that there's a big, big thing going on in American politics. It's a very interesting theme in American foreign policy, where a lot of former members of the Pentagon bureaucracy, a lot of old neoconservatives, they have a fundamental difference with Donald Trump on the question of peace and war. I believe Donald Trump is the candidate of peace. I think the record supports that. They don't like that Donald Trump said no when a lot of them wanted to start a ridiculous war.

The entire point that I'm making about Trump's foreign policy is, this is a guy who wants to use American troops sparingly. He wants peace through strength. It's why his foreign policy was so successful during his first term. It's all the same people who were wrong about Iraq. They were wrong about the quagmire in Afghanistan. They were wrong about Syria. They were wrong about everything. And now they're coming after Donald Trump, because he actually has a realistic and cautious foreign policy.

Source: CNN SOTU interview: 2024 Vice Presidential Veepstakes Oct 27, 2024

The above quotations are from CNN "State of the Union" interviews for 2024 races (Jake Tapper and Dana Bash interviewing candidates for 2024 races). Click here for other excerpts from CNN "State of the Union" interviews for 2024 races (Jake Tapper and Dana Bash interviewing candidates for 2024 races). Click here for other excerpts by JD Vance. Click here for a profile of JD Vance.
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