‘60 Minutes’ Host Stunned by Trump’s Honest Reaction to JD Vance’s Brutal X Post

[0:00] He asked me, what do I think? [0:01] I said, you write what you want. [0:03] By the way, what are you going to write? [0:05] Now, I think we showed you a portion [0:06] of this interview yesterday, [0:08] but here is Trump to Ross Douthat on 60 Minutes [0:12] talking about JD's post blaming the war for the loss. [0:17] And I think Trump's answer is rather interesting. [0:20] Your vice president, JD Vance, [0:22] wrote a social media post where he says, [0:24] the reason we lost is the war, meaning Iran. [0:27] And he said things in that post about Israel. [0:29] Yeah, so you agree with his analysis. [0:30] I don't disagree with it. [0:32] Did you know he was going to write that post? [0:33] He asked me, what do I think? [0:35] I said, you write what you want. [0:37] By the way, what are you going to write? [0:39] The only thing I wish he would have said there, [0:41] if he felt it, and you'd have to ask him about that. [0:45] But if you had it to do again, would you do it? [0:47] You know, he's part of a decision-making process. [0:49] And my answer is an emphatic yes, [0:51] because you can't let Iran have a nuclear weapon. [0:53] I think historically, this will be a very good decision. [0:57] Is it a good decision for today and tomorrow? [0:59] Maybe not. [1:00] But, you know, I have to go with what's right for our country. [1:04] I mean, man, guys, do you see when I say, [1:06] I don't think we're ever going to have a president [1:08] that will be even remotely ballpark as honest as this guy is. [1:13] What is he saying right there? [1:14] He is fully admitting we may have lost the midterms [1:18] and in some sense created a irreparable, [1:22] inoperable wound to the remaining time that I have in office [1:26] because of a decision I made and I would do it again. [1:31] And that, to me, is the greatest mark of a man saying that, [1:36] man, everything went haywire because of something I did, [1:39] but I know I did the right thing [1:41] for the long-term health of the country. [1:43] Now, you can disagree with that. [1:45] You might say, [1:46] Trump, you're just completely wrong [1:47] and they weren't going to get a bomb and blah, blah, blah, blah. [1:50] But he, who had access to all the intelligence [1:53] and everything else, he's saying, [1:55] and the thing is with Trump, [1:56] how often is it that in the immediate fight over media [2:01] and day-to-day 24-hour news cycle, [2:03] Trump looks like he's wrong about something [2:05] or something looks kind of crazy. [2:06] And then it's a year later, two years later, [2:08] five years later, and everyone's like, [2:09] boy, Trump was really right about that. [2:11] And this strikes me as one of those. [2:13] So I think it's pretty honorable to be like, [2:16] you know what, we took the hit [2:17] and I'm going to have to pay the price [2:18] because now he has a major headache on his hands [2:20] starting in two months when these Democrats all get sworn in [2:23] and try to drag him through the mud [2:24] and do the impeachment again and everything else. [2:26] But he's saying, I did what I think is right. [2:28] And I think that's honorable. [2:31] Here's a little bit more on Trump [2:33] and the comments by J.D. [2:35] and, well, his feelings about the whole thing. [2:37] Has J.D. Vance's comments about Iran [2:40] questioning some of those decisions, [2:42] has that impacted your relationship at all? [2:44] No, not at all. [2:45] But a lot of people didn't like his comments, [2:47] but not me. [2:48] He was right. [2:49] Other than one thing, [2:50] he should have made one other statement, [2:52] one statement that I think is very important. [2:55] If you had it to do again, would you do it again? [2:57] The answer is yes. [2:58] I can tell you, if I had it to do again, [3:01] this historically, for history, [3:03] will go down as one of the best things we ever did [3:06] because if they ever had a nuclear weapon, [3:08] they would blow up the world. [3:10] You know why? [3:10] Because they're crazy. [3:11] Thank you very much, everybody. [3:13] You know, another thing that you might be seeing here [3:15] is a little bit of the jockeying for 28. [3:17] I don't think it's a little bit. [3:18] It's a lot of the jockeying for 28, right? [3:20] Trump is not running anymore. [3:22] Trump is aging out. [3:23] He's done everything he can do. [3:25] He's now, I think, setting his legacy. [3:27] And he wanted his legacy to be that for 47 years, [3:31] I was saying Iran shouldn't have a bomb. [3:34] All these other presidents said it to get elected. [3:36] It was a good talking point. [3:37] Nobody ever did anything. [3:38] I'm different. [3:39] I say things and then I do things. [3:41] Now, JD has a long career ahead of him. [3:44] How old is JD? [3:45] I think he's 38 or something. [3:47] I mean, he is young. [3:48] He is young. [3:49] And JD may be looking at it going, [3:53] let's, what is it? [3:53] How old is he? [3:54] 42. [3:55] Okay. [3:55] Man, I've got eight years on that guy. [3:57] That's nuts. [3:58] All right. [3:58] So JD's 42. [3:59] He could have a 40 year, [4:01] hopefully we're done with 80 year olds at that point, [4:03] even though 80 year olds will really be 60 year olds [4:05] because of technology, different story. [4:06] But JD's got a couple of decades of a career left in him, [4:10] right? [4:10] And he's the presumptive nominee for the Republicans [4:12] as the VP right now. [4:14] So in JD's mind, he has to be, [4:16] this is just reality. [4:17] He has to be doing a political calculation. [4:20] If he truly believes the Iran war was either a mistake [4:23] or it's what costs the election to the Republicans [4:25] or whatever, [4:26] he has to figure out a way to distance himself from it. [4:29] Otherwise, when the election comes around in two years, [4:33] that's going to be a noose around his neck. [4:36] So they have different, [4:37] my point in saying that is that they have different [4:39] pressure points right now. [4:41] Trump's pressure point is I'm trying to do as many things [4:43] as I can in my remaining time. [4:46] And to hell with all of you guys, [4:48] like I'm going to do it. [4:49] And it might cost us some temporary stuff right now. [4:52] JD is going, well, okay, that's fine, Mr. President, [4:56] but I got a career and it's going to be very, [4:59] I mean, one of the things that JD's really going to have [5:01] to figure out is how does he say, [5:03] I'm the heir apparent to MAGA while also running away [5:07] from something that Trump is saying that he would do again. [5:10] That's just some political jockeying that we're going to have [5:12] to see over the next little bit.