Vice President JD Vance used a Turning Point USA campus appearance at the University of Georgia to defend President Trump’s military actions against Iran and to downplay diplomatic friction with the Vatican. His remarks came immediately after a high-profile trip to Pakistan where talks with Iranian officials failed to produce a ceasefire. Some attendees at the event reacted uneasily to Vance’s defense of escalation, and the rally generated memes and intra-conservative feuds online. The episode highlighted fractures within the conservative movement over how to reconcile hawkish policy positions with anti-entanglement instincts.
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