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Trump Surfaces and Crashes Out at Presser

Explore episode Jul 1, 2026

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JD Vance's Awkward Military Speech

At 24:20 · chapter starts 21:35

Meiselas previews Vance's speech to troops, noting he'll do a full breakdown in a future video. The clips reveal two awkward moments: first, Vance jokes that it's 'pretty cool' to have the Commandant of the Marine Corps salute a member of the 'E-4 mafia' — calling it 'an ego thing' — which Meiselas says fell flat with the audience. Then Vance attempts a self-aware bit about the 'angel and devil on his shoulder' telling him to be nonpartisan, before proceeding to mock Biden for falling on the stairs and complaining the media would have destroyed him for doing the same. Vance also told troops they had a 'clear mission' in Iran, which Meiselas says prompted confused reactions given the ambiguous nature of the Iran strikes.

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