Trump asks Vance to focus on ‘corruption and crime’ in Dem-run cities, states
"I have asked Vice President Vance to focus his complete and total attention on the Massive Corruption and Crime taking place in Democrat run Cities and States throughout the U.S.," Trump wrote.
Key points
- cities, Trump has repeatedly framed blue areas as hotbeds of crime and corruption, even when the stats haven't necessarily backed up those arguments.
- 2's focus — and directing him to go after Democrats the president labeled as "CORRUPT AND EVIL." Oil prices surged, and stocks sank after Trump's post reinjected a note of uncertainty into a market that was acting like the Iran war was all but over.
- Between the lines: Vance offered a surprisingly candid assessment of the midterm shellacking, writing in an X post last week that "[t]he reason we lost is the war." He continued: "If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so.
In a Truth Social post, Trump singled out Minnesota, California and Illinois as examples of states he claims are plagued by corruption and mismanagement, arguing that cracking down on the alleged criminal activity could help balance the federal budget.
Additional details
- Agree or disagree, that's at least honest." "But everyone knows why we lost." What we're watching: Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with his G7 counterparts in Paris on Tuesday, where he said Trump had considered resuming the war or cutting a deal but instead settled on strangling the Iranian regime, Axios previously reported.
- Catch up quick: Vance was recently heavily involved in a push to reach a new ceasefire with Iran and resume nuclear negotiations, Axios' Barak Ravid reported.
- Vance has chaired Trump's Task Force to Eliminate Fraud since the president created it via executive order earlier this year.
- Also on Truth Social Thursday, he threatened new tariffs on Mexico and criticized GOP senators for failing to pass the Save America ACT — adding that failure to do so was "devastating" for Republicans during the midterms.
- Vance was a skeptical voice in Trump's inner circle about the war, Ravid reported, and led U.S.
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