Donald Trump on J.D. Vance
← Back to Donald Trump ProfileFollowing criticism of their public image, Donald Trump deflected claims of being "weird" by pointedly distancing himself from J.D. Vance.
“Not me. They’re talking about J.D.”
At a 2022 rally, Donald Trump mistakenly called Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance "J.P. Mandel," a blend of Vance's name and that of his opponent.
“We’ve endorsed J.P. — right? J.D. Mandel, and he’s doing great.”
“Historically, the choice of the vice president makes no difference. You're voting for the president. And you can have a vice president who's outstanding in every way—and I think JD is, I think that all of them would have been—but you're not voting that way, you're voting for the president.”