{"id":2604589,"date":"2026-05-19T15:50:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T19:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-tells-reporter-to-have-a-little-bit-of-objectivity-about-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T15:50:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T19:50:59","slug":"vance-tells-reporter-to-have-a-little-bit-of-objectivity-about-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-tells-reporter-to-have-a-little-bit-of-objectivity-about-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance tells reporter to &#8216;have a little bit of objectivity&#8217; about Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fvance-tells-reporter-to-have-a-little-bit-of-objectivity-about-trump%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=2604589&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>JD Vance criticized an Self-reliant reporter\u2019s question during Tuesday\u2019s White House press briefing, saying it was more like a \u201cspeech masquerading as a question\u201d about President Donald Trump\u2019s stock portfolio. The reporter, Andrew Feinberg, had woven in anecdotes about Vance\u2019s earlier support for a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >congressional stock-trading ban<\/a> rather than directly asking what Vance viewed as an objective question.<\/p>\n<p>Vance argued that his response highlighted what he said were biased assumptions in the question, including that it implied Trump personally makes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bipartisan-group-of-lawmakers-call-for-hearing-into-robinhood-app-for-restricting-small-investors\/\" title=\"Bipartisan group of lawmakers call for hearing into Robinhood app for restricting small investors\">stock trades<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p>He then reiterated calls for Congress to \u201clead by example\u201d by passing a congressional stock trading ban for Trump to sign.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4574815\/vance-cant-say-if-iran-negotiating-in-good-faith\/\">JD Vance<\/a> unloaded on a reporter at Tuesday\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"125\">White House<\/a> press briefing for delivering a \u201cspeech masquerading as a question\u201d about President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4574439\/trump-personally-donated-construction-white-house-ballroom\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s stock portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>Vance was asked by Andrew Feinberg, the <em>Independent\u2019s<\/em> White House correspondent, about reports that stocks in the president\u2019s 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\u2019s prior support for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/some-democrats-suddenly-embrace-congressional-stock-ban-in-attempt-to-accomplish-anything-before-midterms\/\" title=\"Some Democrats Suddenly Embrace Congressional Stock Ban in Attempt to Accomplish Anything Before Midterms\">congressional stock ban<\/a> when asking the question.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4574837\/vance-hunter-biden-apply-trump-lawfare-fund\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Vance: Hunter Biden can apply for Trump\u2019s anti-lawfare fund<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4574439\/trump-personally-donated-construction-white-house-ballroom\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says he has personally donated to help construction of White House ballroom<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4573963\/watch-live-jd-vance-white-house-press-briefing\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WATCH LIVE: JD Vance holds White House press briefing<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cThat was a doozy,\u201d Vance responded. \u201cBefore 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, \u2018Mr. Vice President, every \u2014 you\u2019re a terrible human being, and so is the president, so is the entire Cabinet, and then I\u2019m like, \u2018What\u2019s your question? and then your question is, \u2018How dare you!&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Vance called out Feinberg, who frequently clashed with White House staff during Trump\u2019s first term, for what he saw as journalistic bias.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave 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\u2019t actually get asked,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-vice-president-mike-pence-joins-the-heritage-foundation\/\" title=\"Former ... Mike Pence Joins The Heritage Foundation\">vice president added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4573088\/jd-vance-democrats-fight-for-illegal-immigrants-fraudsters\/\">Vance<\/a> defended Trump\u2019s trades, noting that the president \u201cdoesn\u2019t sit at the Oval Office on his computer on his, like, Robinhood account, buying and selling stock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has independent wealth advisers who manage his money,\u201d he continued. \u201cHe is a wealthy person. He\u2019s not making these stock trades himself, and your question impugns that, sort of. It doesn\u2019t say it exactly, but a reasonable person listening to that question would assume the president is sitting around doing that. He\u2019s not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vance closed by doubling down on calls for Congress to \u201clead by example\u201d and send Trump a congressional stock trading ban to sign into law.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4574815\/vance-cant-say-if-iran-negotiating-in-good-faith\/\"><strong>VANCE CAN\u2019T SAY IF IRAN IS NEGOTIATING IN GOOD FAITH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vance\u2019s remarks can be seen in full below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"4a2QPOMbafw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vice President JD Vance Briefs Members of the Media, May 19, 2026\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4a2QPOMbafw?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JD Vance criticized a reporter for a \u201cspeech\u201d disguised as a stock question<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2604592,"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\/2026\/05\/AP26139648631041.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4133,32171,5046,3634,15469],"class_list":["post-2604589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-news","tag-political-commentary","tag-reporter","tag-trump","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26139648631041.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604589","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\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2604589"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2604594,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604589\/revisions\/2604594"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2604592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2604589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2604589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2604589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}