{"id":28970,"date":"2026-08-05T20:48:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=28970"},"modified":"2026-08-05T20:48:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:48:44","slug":"jd-vance-jabs-fox-contributor-and-iran-critic-with-a-mean-tweet-about-his-looks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=28970","title":{"rendered":"JD Vance Jabs Fox Contributor And Iran Critic With a Mean-Tweet About His Looks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5736110\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5736110\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5736110\" src=\"https:\/\/am12.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/06\/vance-4.jpg\" alt=\"JD Vance in White House press briefing room\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5736110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Vice President<strong> JD Vance<\/strong> dropped a &#8220;mean tweet&#8221; Wednesday on Fox News contributor and <em>Washington Post<\/em> columnist <strong>Marc Thiessen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Vance, who somewhat toned down his social media trolling since becoming vice president, replied to a post from Thiessen commenting on the price of burritos.<\/p>\n<p>Turning Point USA spokesman <strong>Andrew Kolvet<\/strong> wrote on X to start the exchange, \u201cOne of our TPUSA college students gave me his take on affordability: \u2018A burrito shouldn\u2019t cost $20.\u2019 Yeah, a lot of this is a hangover from Covid and Biden-era inflation, but the lived experience is the same: It just feels like basic things cost too much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thiessen replied, \u201cCry me a river. The burritos in the college cafeteria are included in your meal plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vance then jumped in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m surprised to hear Mark say this. If you&#8217;ve ever met him in person, it&#8217;s quite obvious the man has never missed a burrito,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"068667e3962de918b2fb586f8b6cff2a\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#039;m surprised to hear Mark say this. If you&#039;ve ever met him in person, it&#039;s quite obvious the man has never missed a burrito. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z4DjKLVZVs\">https:\/\/t.co\/z4DjKLVZVs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JD Vance (@JDVance) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JDVance\/status\/2085000102905597966?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Vance, who has noticeably slimmed down in recent months, was likely holding onto some anger over Thiessen\u2019s most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/trump-whisperer-torches-jd-vances-failed-iran-strategy-claims-he-keeps-contradicting-the-prez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent column<\/a> in the Washington Post titled, \u201cTrump\u2019s Iran strategy is working. His vice president\u2019s isn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the piece, Thiessen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2026\/07\/30\/donald-trump-should-take-iran-war-advice-those-who-have-delivered\/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzg1Mzg0MDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzg2NzY2Mzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3ODUzODQwMDAsImp0aSI6IjkxNzhiYWZkLWZkNDgtNGNjOS1hODE5LTAwM2Q2ZjM4Y2IwYiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9vcGluaW9ucy8yMDI2LzA3LzMwL2RvbmFsZC10cnVtcC1zaG91bGQtdGFrZS1pcmFuLXdhci1hZHZpY2UtdGhvc2Utd2hvLWhhdmUtZGVsaXZlcmVkLyJ9.x1xk8_9I4GrQPPpDvXybOT6FnlErL_nRXxdElICtJCQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">argued<\/a>\u00a0Vance had given Iran a \u201cveto\u201d over the U.S. declaring victory in the war with his failed negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike Lucy and the football, Trump keeps getting told that this time the Iranians are finally ready to make a deal \u2014 only to be set up for failure yet again. Indeed, by elevating a deal as the definition of victory, Vance has given Iran a veto over America\u2019s ability to declare victory. All it has to do is refuse to agree \u2014 which it is doing,\u201d Thiessen wrote of Vance\u2019s role in ending the war.<\/p>\n<p>Thiessen pulled no punches in claiming that Vance is not only giving Trump bad advice but \u201cundermining\u201d the president in public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump has never taken a resumption of major combat off the table. Why was Vance publicly warning of the dire consequences of the policy option (which Trump in fact nearly ordered just a few days ago)? The vice president doesn\u2019t get his own foreign policy,\u201d wrote the prominent Fox News pundit, adding, \u201cAs Vance publicly undermines the president, he is trying to dissuade Trump from resuming major combat with straw man arguments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/jd-vance-jabs-fox-contributor-and-iran-critic-with-a-mean-tweet-about-his-looks\/\">JD Vance Jabs Fox Contributor And Iran Critic With a Mean-Tweet About His Looks<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin Vice President JD Vance dropped a &#8220;mean tweet&#8221; Wednesday on Fox News contributor and Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen. Vance, who somewhat toned down his social media trolling since becoming vice president, replied to a post from Thiessen commenting on the price of burritos. 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