{"id":2305967,"date":"2024-07-22T22:38:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T02:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-addresses-vances-past-never-trump-comments-in-first-joint-interview-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-22T22:38:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T02:38:54","slug":"trump-discusses-vances-previous-never-trump-remarks-in-their-first-interview-together-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-discusses-vances-previous-never-trump-remarks-in-their-first-interview-together-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump discusses Vance&#8217;s previous &#8216;Never Trump&#8217; remarks in their first interview together &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-discusses-vances-previous-never-trump-remarks-in-their-first-interview-together-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2305967&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-id-endorse-gop-sen-murkowski-in-a-heartbeat\/\" title=\"Manchin: I\u2019d endorse GOP Sen. Murkowski in a heartbeat\">joint interview<\/a>, \u200cformer President Donald\u2063 Trump addressed Senator J.D. Vance&#8217;s past anti-Trump comments. The interview, \u200daired \u2063on\u2063 Fox News&#8217;s Jesse Watters\u2063 Primetime, also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-embassy-puts-out-bizarre-song-attacking-american-democracy\/\" title=\"Chinese Embassy Puts Out Bizarre Song Attacking American Democracy\">covered topics<\/a> such as the assassination attempt against Trump and\u2062 the role\u2064 of the Secret Service. Trump explained why\u2064 he chose Vance as\u2064 his running mate, citing\u200b their shared support for workers. The \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-lawyer-says-doj-request-for-protective-order-a-result-of-jack-smith-playing-the-victim\/\" title=\"Trump&#039;s lawyer claims DOJ&#039;s protective order request is a response to Jack Smith&#039;s victim mentality.\">interview shed light<\/a> on their evolving relationship \u2063and chemistry, despite Vance&#8217;s initial reservations about Trump.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump addresses Vance&rsquo;s past &lsquo;Never Trump&rsquo; comments in first joint interview<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1709774\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"J.D. Vance's\">Donald Trump<\/a> addressed Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"J.D. Vance's\">J.D. Vance&rsquo;s<\/a> (R-OH) anti-Trump statements in the first joint interview between the two running mates.<\/p>\n<p>The interview, which aired on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Jesse Watters Primetime<\/em>, saw Trump and Vance give their thoughts on the assassination attempt against the former president and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3094290\/takeaways-secret-service-cheatle-congressional-grilling-trump-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>conduct of the Secret Service<\/a>. It also saw Trump address an angle of attack from Democrats against Vance, that he had made several comments disparaging Trump when he first rose to the national stage.<\/p>\n<p>Watters asked why Trump chose Vance, allowing him to address the controversy.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve always had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lord-of-the-rings-actor-complains-that-intimacy-coordinators-spoil-the-spontaneity-of-good-sex-scenes\/\" title=\"\u2018Lord Of The Rings\u2019 Actor Complains That Intimacy Coordinators \u2018Spoil The Spontaneity\u2019 Of Good Sex Scenes\">good chemistry<\/a>, and originally, J.D. was probably not for me, but he didn&rsquo;t know me,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;And then when we got to know each other, he liked me maybe more than anyone liked me, and he would stick up for me and he would fight for the worker as much as I would fight for the worker.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump: Originally, JD was probably not for me but he didn&rsquo;t know me. Then, when we got to know each other, he liked me. Maybe, more than anybody liked me. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8w2JUVTgZR\">pic.twitter.com\/8w2JUVTgZR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Acyn (@Acyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acyn\/status\/1815543316190244914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;We had an automatic chemistry,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;And I endorsed him for the Senate, and he won against a tough field.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Back when Trump first ran for office in 2016, Vance made several disparaging comments about him, including a private Facebook message where he suggested that he could be &ldquo;America&rsquo;s Hitler,&rdquo; and openly identified as a &ldquo;Never Trump guy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Since then, particularly as Vance ran for Senate and his views evolved, the Ohio Republican came to support Trump fully, winning his endorsement in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the interview with Watters, Trump gave more details about his assassination attempt, particularly that the original plan was to take him away on a stretcher, something the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-did-not-profit-from-market-boom-he-created\/\" title=\"President Trump did not profit from market boom he created\">president refused<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He also praised the Secret Service sniper who killed shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, calling it an &ldquo;unbelievable shot.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And they did get him.&nbsp;I believe they got him with one&nbsp;shot,&rdquo; Trump said.&nbsp;&ldquo;One shot from a &mdash; an&nbsp;unbelievable shot.&nbsp;If they would have done it&nbsp;earlier, maybe doing it earlier&nbsp;is hard.&nbsp;It is hard to shoot somebody&nbsp;when you are not 100%&nbsp;sure.&nbsp;But they got him, and if they&nbsp;didn&rsquo;t get him, it would have&nbsp;been a worse situation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1709774\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1709774\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump discussed Vance&#8217;s previous negative comments about him in their first joint interview. Trump explained that Vance initially did not support him because he did not know him, but their relationship grew stronger over time. Vance eventually endorsed Trump and won his support in return. Trump also shared details about an assassination attempt against him and praised the Secret Service for their actions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2305968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/trump-vance-michigan-scaled-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[6234,35853,3634,15469,32076],"class_list":["post-2305967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-interview","tag-never-trump","tag-trump","tag-vance","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/trump-vance-michigan-scaled-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2305967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2305967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2305968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2305967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2305967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2305967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}