Snapshot · The MeidasTouch Podcast
Fox News panelists expressed confusion and criticism over JD Vance using the Joe Rogan podcast to publicly contradict Trump's stance on Iran and regime change.
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When Fox News needed someone to blame for Trump's humiliating Iran retreat, the network settled on JD Vance. Mark Thiessen and other panelists argued that Vance had been publicly contradicting Trump too many times, most recently on the Joe Rogan podcast where he argued that regime change in Iran would cause massive casualties. Thiessen insisted that Trump himself had promised regime change — telling the Iranian people 'help is on the way' — making Vance's dissent a betrayal. A co-host said she was 'a little perplexed' that Vance chose a podcast for his pushback, even while admitting she didn't necessarily disagree with his argument. Thiessen was harsher: Vance was putting up straw men, nobody was actually calling for 150,000 troops, and the Vice President should be backing the president, not contradicting him in public. Meiselas frames Fox's Vance fixation as a transparent attempt to avoid scrutinizing Trump's retreat.
When Trump backed down on Iran, Fox News needed a scapegoat — and settled on JD Vance. Panelists were baffled that Vance went on Joe Rogan to argue against regime change, with one host saying he was 'going off base a lot.'
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