JD Vance

I tend to think, like, while I wouldn’t be shocked if we are living in the end times, what I’m trying to focus on is doing as much of God’s work as possible right now.

— JD Vance on The Bryce Crawford Podcast interview about his Catholic faith and end times

If you were looking for the least suitable budget steward, Spahn would surely be a top-three pick.

— Friedrich Küppersbusch, commentary on Jens Spahn's role in the Budget Committee (taz interview)

If you like Mexico that much, then go over there, I'll buy you the plane ticket!

— JD Vance, US Vice President, during his speech at the Endspurtauftakt for the congressional campaign in Dallas; in response to a spectator waving Mexican and Palestinian flags

Charlie Kirk came and converted the young men. Erika Kirk is coming to convert the young women.

— Tyler Bowyer on X (Twitter), September 19, 2025

I wouldn’t call it a war.

— JD Vance, speaking at a White House briefing about the Iran timeline

There’s something about Abdul El-Sayed that is very, very evil and on the rise in the United States of America today, and it’s people who see themselves not as citizens of a common nation, fighting for every single person … but see themselves as fighting for one group at the expense of others.

— JD Vance; at a rally in Sterling Heights hosted by MAGA Inc.

We have to remember, Canada is a state—sorry, Freudian slip. That was actually an accident.

— J.D. Vance, during a political event in Maine, after being asked about the heated U.S.-Canada trade talks.

I'm trying to focus on doing as much of God's work as possible. And if that leads to the end times, okay.

— JD Vance – in an interview with evangelical podcaster Bryce Crawford, where he discusses focusing on God’s work and the possibility that it could bring about the end times.

Well, I say first of all, what the president’s talking about is fundamentally a dividend for American workers. We’re taking in an extraordinary amount of revenue because the president of the United States is actually standing up to both foreign companies, but also foreign countries who’ve been taking advantage of America’s workers for pretty much my entire life, he attempted to explain.

— JD Vance explaining the dividend idea on Fox News as part of coverage of Trump’s plan

I’ll tell you what, a lot of people don’t call it a war,” Trump said. “I call it a military conflict because it’s small potatoes for us. It’s not a big thing. We did Venezuela, and we did this. In Venezuela, we lost nobody, and this we lost 18 people. In Vietnam you lost a 100 thousand people, and in other conflicts you lost tens of thousands of people.— Donald J. Trump, in the Oval Office, discussing whether the Iran conflict is a war.