VP J.D. Vance: America Was Run by ‘Morons’ Before Trump
Vice President J.D. Vance took aim at the pre-Trump political establishment, asserting that the United States was “governed by complete morons” before President Donald Trump came into office.
Vance made the remarks during the fifth anniversary gala for American Compass, explaining how the pre-Trump administration failed to even ask basic questions about the country’s supply chain vulnerabilities.
“If I on Jan. 21 — in fact I did ask this question — ‘where are the biggest deficiencies in our supply chains? What are the 100 products that we’re completely reliant on some other entity to make for us?’” Vance said.
“We don’t know,” he added, referencing the response he received at the time.Watch:
“What was so crazy about the hyper-globalized era is that you had these basic questions about the brittleness of our supply chains that were completely uninvestigated by the very people who supported globalizing those supply chains.We were actually governed by complete morons, and we didn’t even realize it until the Trump administration started to get underneath the hood.”
The American Compass event also featured remarks from both Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Rubio reflected on the shift in national security and economic priorities, recalling the threat of nuclear war with the Soviet Union during his upbringing.
They stated the country must refocus on rebuilding its domestic industrial base to strengthen national security and create better opportunities for American workers.
Rubio emphasized the need to reorient U.S. foreign and economic policy toward national interest, rather than globalist integration.
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Rubio reflected on the shift in national security and economic priorities, recalling the threat of nuclear war with the Soviet Union during his upbringing.
“Literally the entire world was transformed before my very eyes,” Rubio said.
“We believed the Cold War was over, we won, and now the entire world was going to be just like us.”Vance and Rubio argued that those assumptions were flawed.
They stated the country must refocus on rebuilding its domestic industrial base to strengthen national security and create better opportunities for American workers.
Rubio emphasized the need to reorient U.S. foreign and economic policy toward national interest, rather than globalist integration.
“The number one foreign policy of the United States needs to be the United States and what’s in the best interests of the United States,” he said.
“This is going to be the work of a generation.”Vance echoed Rubio’s remarks, adding that “normal people who work hard and play by the rules” deserve an economy that rewards them.
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"I just want normal people who work hard and play by the rules to have a good life,” Vance said.He credited President Trump with being the first post-Cold War leader to recognize that the promises of globalization had failed everyday Americans.
“That’s fundamentally why Donald Trump is the President of the United States. He was the first mainstream American politician to come along and say, ‘This isn’t working,’” Vance said.
“These trade deals are not working for the normal people who power our economy … I think the best way to summarize it is we just want normal people to have a good life.”Vance also stated that production should return to the United States to help revive American innovation.
“The places that make products tend to become good at designing them,” he said.READ: JD Vance Shuts Down Biden’s Criticism on Russia: “It’s Rich Coming From Him”
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