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J.D. Vance

What's on J.D. Vance's mind?

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calling Canada a state 30% the Brewer, Maine stop 20% the 2028 doubts 15% · newthe Biddeford ICE shooting 10% · neweverything else 25%
#1
Vance calls Canada a 'state,' then blames Freud

Dozens of outlets ran the same clip. He corrected himself on stage, then went right back to attacking Ottawa's 'ridiculous tariffs.'

JD Vance calls Canada a U.S. state in 'Freudian slip,' vows to fight back against 'ridiculous tariffs'

National Post · 2026-08-24
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the slip isn't the point, the volume is. trade talks collapsed, so he needs canada cast as an ungrateful dependent — 'freudian slip' is the deniable way to say the annexation joke out loud one more time.

Trade talks collapsed over the weekendvery sure · 4 sources
#2
The Maine victory lap gets fact-checked in reverse
Fact-checks outlasting the speech itselfpretty sure · 4 sources
#3
Ted Cruz: the GOP has not settled on Vance
new — Cruz teased a run on the recordpretty sure · 4 sources
#4
'Have a little perspective' lands badly in Maine
new — Family attorney publicly demanding answerspretty sure · 4 sources
wednesday, august 26
Prep the Dallas keynote, with Trump on the same stage(reported)
Read the Maine fact-checks; mention none of them(safe bet)
Workshop an answer for the next Cruz question(reported)
Let Usha keep handling El-Sayed(reported)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

Trump and Vance to keynote Republicans’ midterm convention in Texas

news.google.com · 2026-08-26

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