JD Vance on the Morality of the Trump Administration | Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
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Iran's conventional military was largely destroyed at the time of the interview.
Iran had no capacity to stockpile uranium at the time of the interview.
Iran had no capacity to enrich uranium at the time of the interview.
The second Trump administration's tax policy has distributional effects more focused on the middle class than on the wealthy compared with previous Republican administrations.
A left-wing NGO complex tilted Latin American elections in favor of far-left parties.
U.S. tax dollars funded a left-wing NGO complex in Latin America.
Iran's nuclear program was destroyed at the time of the interview.
Project Freedom was the original name of a U.S. effort to move oil and gas out of the Gulf during the Iran conflict.
Israel has a population of about 9 million people.
Iranian forces formally stopped shooting at commercial traffic in the Strait of Hormuz on the day before the interview.
Iranian forces did not shoot at commercial traffic in the Strait of Hormuz on the night before the interview for the first time in more than 100 days of conflict.
The U.S.-Iran peace deal sets a minimum methodology for destroying Iran's enriched uranium stockpile.
Evidence shows that people raised with some institutionalized faith are healthier than people not raised with institutionalized faith.
JD Vance has been working on an Iran peace deal from very early in the conflict.
Iran's nuclear facilities had been buried under rubble at the time of the interview.
A peace deal was concluded with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The U.S.-Iran peace deal requires Iran to destroy its highly enriched uranium stockpile.
Evidence shows that people raised with some institutionalized faith are happier than people not raised with institutionalized faith.
Evidence shows that people raised with some institutionalized faith are more well adjusted than people not raised with institutionalized faith.
Donald Trump decided to use a military campaign to end Iran’s nuclear program for the long term.
The U.S.-Iran peace deal opens the Strait of Hormuz.
Energy shipments from the Strait of Hormuz were protected by the U.S. military during the weeks before the interview.
JD Vance opposed the U.S. war with Iran.
Qatar does not have the same freedom-of-the-press protections as the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The Strait of Hormuz had been a major source of global oil supply shock during the Iran conflict.
The President of the United States digitally signed the U.S.-Iran peace deal.
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was negotiated by the Obama administration.
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action allowed Iran to generate a stockpile of enriched uranium.
The U.S.-Iran peace deal contemplates foreign investment in Iran as a potential economic benefit.
The U.S.-Iran peace deal does not provide U.S. taxpayer money to Iran.
Benjamin Netanyahu had not criticized the U.S.-Iran peace deal at the time of the interview.
The second Trump administration increased the child tax credit.
Trump accounts give families money to help children build wealth over time.
The Trump administration decided to stop and rebuild U.S. foreign aid programs from scratch.
The vice president is the only member of the U.S. Cabinet who cannot be fired by the president.
Donald Trump gave JD Vance particular responsibilities for the Iran peace deal.
JD Vance is leading work on the Iran peace deal.
The full text of the U.S.-Iran peace deal had not been released at the time of the interview.
Pakistan does not have the same freedom-of-the-press protections as the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The Strait of Hormuz had been a major source of global gas supply shock during the Iran conflict.
Iran has a highly enriched uranium stockpile.
Iran has had the Strait of Hormuz as a potential leverage point against other countries.
Scott Bessent was the U.S. Treasury Secretary at the time of the interview.
Chris Wright was the U.S. Energy Secretary at the time of the interview.
Iran supports Hamas.
Iran supports Hezbollah.
Itamar Ben-Gvir attacked the U.S.-Iran peace deal.
Bezalel Smotrich attacked the U.S.-Iran peace deal.
Terri Schiavo's case involved a debate over whether to remove her feeding tube.
Usha Vance is not a Christian.
About 75 million to 80 million people voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action focused on Iran's nuclear program.
J.D. Vance served in the United States Marine Corps.
J.D. Vance got into Yale Law School.
JD Vance is a Catholic convert.
Marco Rubio is the U.S. secretary of state.
The vice president is higher than the secretary of state in the U.S. presidential line of succession.