Vance tells reporter to ‘have a little bit of objectivity’ about Trump
JD Vance criticized an Self-reliant reporter’s question during Tuesday’s White House press briefing, saying it was more like a “speech masquerading as a question” about President Donald Trump’s stock portfolio. The reporter, Andrew Feinberg, had woven in anecdotes about Vance’s earlier support for a congressional stock-trading ban rather than directly asking what Vance viewed as an objective question.
Vance argued that his response highlighted what he said were biased assumptions in the question, including that it implied Trump personally makes stock trades himself. Vance said Trump has independent wealth advisers who manage his investments, and that the president is not sitting in the Oval Office trading stocks on his own.
He then reiterated calls for Congress to “lead by example” by passing a congressional stock trading ban for Trump to sign.
Vice President JD Vance unloaded on a reporter at Tuesday’s White House press briefing for delivering a “speech masquerading as a question” about President Donald Trump‘s stock portfolio.
Vance was asked by Andrew Feinberg, the Independent’s White House correspondent, about reports that stocks in the president’s portfolio were often mentioned at White House press events and on social media. Feinberg, however, spent more than two minutes weaving in and out of anecdotes about Vance’s prior support for a congressional stock ban when asking the question.
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“That was a doozy,” Vance responded. “Before I answer your question, I want to just observe there are different ways to ask a question. You can just ask a question, try and get your answer, or you could do, like, a speech where you say, you know, ‘Mr. Vice President, every — you’re a terrible human being, and so is the president, so is the entire Cabinet, and then I’m like, ‘What’s your question? and then your question is, ‘How dare you!’”
Vance called out Feinberg, who frequently clashed with White House staff during Trump’s first term, for what he saw as journalistic bias.
“Have a little bit of objectivity in the way that you ask these questions, because there were a lot of things in that speech masquerading as a question that didn’t actually get asked,” the vice president added.
Vance defended Trump’s trades, noting that the president “doesn’t sit at the Oval Office on his computer on his, like, Robinhood account, buying and selling stock.”
“He has independent wealth advisers who manage his money,” he continued. “He is a wealthy person. He’s not making these stock trades himself, and your question impugns that, sort of. It doesn’t say it exactly, but a reasonable person listening to that question would assume the president is sitting around doing that. He’s not.”
Vance closed by doubling down on calls for Congress to “lead by example” and send Trump a congressional stock trading ban to sign into law.
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Vance’s remarks can be seen in full below.
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