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Vice President JD Vance: No One Saw This Coming, The Ceasefire Is Real!
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Jun 18, 2026
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Should America Own The Biggest AI Companies?
At 1:40:22 · chapter starts 1:37:07
Vance answers the previous guest's question about aliens with an open 'I do believe,' ties it to mystical experience, Christian faith, and unexplained phenomena he has personally witnessed.
Predistribution Over Redistribution
Trump likes the idea of a US sovereign wealth fund taking equity stakes in major AI companies. Vance endorses the underlying logic: redistribution — taxing the rich and giving to the poor — never created a stable society. You have to give workers a seat at the table before the wealth is made, not after.
