Vice President JD Vance asserted in a bombshell interview with Joe Rogan that some in the Israeli government want to derail US negotiations with Iran to keep the war going “indefinitely” — and he acknowledged the Trump administration “screwed up” the release of the Epstein files.
“I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that there have been people within the Israeli government who are trying to, like, actually shift us away from [negotiations] because they want to continue the military campaign,” Vance told the popular podcaster during an episode of the “Joe Rogan Experience” released Wednesday.
“There are some people within their system, we know beyond a shadow of a doubt, who are manipulating and trying to change American public opinion to keep the war going on indefinitely,” the vice president later added. “Again, not towards any objective, but just indefinitely.”
Without naming Israel, Vance further alleged that there is a “very discreet, extremely well-funded … literal foreign-influence campaign being funded to tank” the Iran deal.
More at:“I think the president, completely separate from any influence from Israel, believes very strongly, and again I agree with this, that Iran should not have a nuclear weapon.”
Vance described himself as a “reasonable moderate” in the “massive pro-Israel, anti-Israel debate” taking place in the US.
He also noted “there are a lot of elements within the Israeli government that actually do like our peace process” and recognize that an “indefinite campaign is not good for them either.”
Vance argued that bombing Iran “to oblivion” wouldn’t make it any easier to secure the Strait of Hormuz.
“You can bomb them. You can take away their radar. You can take away some of their drones and some of their missiles, but it’s just too easy to fire at ships in the straits,” he said. “So, you’ve got to actually be willing to talk and to try to figure out the problem.”
Vance refused to say if he would’ve launched the Iran war if he were president.
“I’m not a public commentator,” he argued, while noting Trump described him as being “less enthusiastic” about the Iran war than others in his administration.
“My approach to this is not to Monday morning quarterback a decision that was made three months ago,” Vance explained. “My approach to it is to try to make it as successful as possible. Which is why I’ve poured my heart and soul into these negotiations.”
Midway through the nearly three-hour-long interview, Rogan asked Vance about the Trump administration’s “resistance” to releasing government files related to notorious sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein.
The vice president acknowledged missteps but insisted there was no cover-up.
“We absolutely screwed up the comms of the Epstein files. Like, we just did,” Vance said. “But do I think the reason we screwed up the comms is because we were trying to hide something? No.”
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