Vice President J.D. Vance wasn't holding back on Sunday, as he toured the morning network news shows. Not only did he go at it with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, which resulted in him being cut off to end that interview, he also let Meet The Press Host Kristen Welker know that he wasn't happy about a report from Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, that he had seen on NBC the night before.
On ABC's This Week, Vance protested being pressed over and over again about Border Czar Tom Homan, and an allegation that he had accepted a bribe. Vance let Stephanopoulos know it, and the interview ended as Vance attempted to respond to the host, but was rudely and unprofessionally cut off.
Over on Meet The Press, Vance wasted little time in taking NBC to task, in response to the very first question posed by Welker. "President Trump said this week quote, we have ended the war in Gaza. Mr. Vice President do you see this moment as an end to the war in Gaza?"
The Vice President went after NBC: "Well I do Kristen, we're going to have to do a lot of work to make sure that it stays ended. But I also have to give your network a little bit of grief, Kristen. Because last night I was watching NBC. They were covering this, and they mentioned that during a rally last night in Israel, when Steve Witkoff, our great Special Envoy, mentioned Bibi Netanyahu, the crowd booed. But the broadcast didn't mention when Steve Witkoff mentioned President Trump, the crowd actually cheered."
Of course it was no accident that the applause for Trump was left out of the package by Richard Engel and NBC News.
Vance then went on to hypothesize: "And why is that Kristen, why'd the crowd cheer? Because this moment came from very, very deliberate and consequential diplomacy from the President of the United States and the entire administration....This was very hard, this was a long time coming. It required a lot of work, but yes I believe we are on the cusp of peace in Gaza for the first time, not just in a couple of years, but really in a very long time, because the President of the United States has done something that no other world leader has been able to do, unite the Israeli's with the Gulf Arab states for a common objective, and that is to bring the hostages home, to stop the war and to build the kind of long term settlement that we really do believe can lead to lasting peace."
Welker then responded to all of that by saying, "And of course we have covered every twist and turn of these negotiations extensively." and then went on to her next question.
But kudos to Vance, who was absolutely correct in pointing out what that NBC report decided to hide from their viewers. Ironically enough, ABC did run a package which did include the mention of Trump by Witkoff, and the applause which followed. It was done by their Chief Foreign Correspondent Ian Pannell and believe it or not, it aired on This Week!
