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Vice President JD Vance: They Tricked Me About Trump, I Was Wrong!

Name: Vice President JD Vance: They Tricked Me About Trump, I Was Wrong!
Uploaded: 2026-06-21T05:44:44.536Z
Duration: 1 h 47 min 45 s
Description: JD Vance recounts his journey from a chaotic, working-class childhood to becoming Vice President, admitting he was wrong about Donald Trump—Trump is warm, highly intelligent, and was prescient on immigration and institutional failure.

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TL;DR

JD Vance recounts his journey from a chaotic, working-class childhood to becoming Vice President, admitting he was wrong about Donald Trump—Trump is warm, highly intelligent, and was prescient on immigration and institutional failure.

Key insights

Vance’s childhood instability (revolving door of father figures, mother’s addiction) created an avoidant attachment style; his grandmother Mamaw was the stabilizing anchor who kept him on the straight
He changed his view on Trump because he was wrong about American institutions being fundamentally functional and wrong that Trump would be a failed president; Trump’s mistrust of military leadership i
Vance asserts that the media’s portrayal of Trump is one-dimensional; Trump is genuinely warm, generous, and highly intelligent (top IQ among U.S. presidents).

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