After the attack on the former president of the United States, Donald Trump wants to choose his running mate. For this post he selected Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance. Trump chose this person just as the Republican national meeting started in Milwaukee. Despite Rupert Murdoch wanting North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum instead of Vance, the former president of the United States picked Vance. This is because he is loyal with his matters and popular with his supporters.
Trump chose Vance because of his politicl alignment with him. However, Vance has very little experience in politics. Due to this reason many questions arose when Trump picked Vance as the vice presidential nominee. Back to 1952, when Richard Nixon was also selected as vice presidential nominee. And now in United State history, Vance will be the youngest vice presidential nominee. Due to lack of experience, the question raises that this person is able to handle the presidential seat.
The selection of Trump will likely cause disagreement. After joining his post, many critics strongly opposed Vance. In 2016, Vance was a writer that wrote many things against Trump. But recently this person has stood in favor of Trump. He likes Trump’s ideas and also follows them properly. Additionally, at this time, he has been a big opponent of how Biden’s handling Ukraine.
Earlier this year, Vance attended the Munich Security Conference. He argues and shows criticism to provide military aid to Ukraine. Also it is important to note that if Trump-Vance wins the election campaign then they might stop delivering aid to Ukraine. However his donut about the United State involvement in overseas conflicts appears limited to Ukraine.
Similar to Trump, Vance also maintains some strongly assertive foreign policy stances. He criticized Biden for excessively managing Israel’s actions in Gaza and supports Trump’s view that the Israeli government should complete its military operations. Vance takes a tough stance on the conflict and US backing for it.
He has stated, “ don’t use America’s leverage to effectively cause the Israelis to pull back here.”
According to the report issued by Reason’s Matthew Petti, the running mate of Trump strongly opposed the nonconservative strategy in the Middle East. He also supports the idea of teaming up Israel with Sunni Muslim-led nations, backed by U.S. military power, to manage the region. If the United States supports Israel then it will struggle to keep away from Middle East matters.
Getting involved in the war crimes of its allies doesn’t seem to benefit American interests or make Americans safer.
Endorsing a client’s harmful war hasn’t spared US resources or protected American forces from danger, as seen in recent months. Instead, it has made soldiers and sailors targets and dragged the US into more unnecessary conflicts with other regional powers. Rather than shifting the burden to allies, this strategy has increased costs for the United States.
Vance’s stance extends to East Asia as well. He strongly opposed supporting Ukraine through military aid. He said instead of supporting Ukraine we should focus on countering China with the United State resources. Vance also criticized Joe Biden that he did not do anything with this regard. He suggests that it is good for the United State to increase weapon shipments to allies and expand military presence in the region. However, focusing too heavily on a military-first approach in East Asia could potentially exacerbate tensions and create more challenges. Finding a balanced strategy that includes diplomatic efforts alongside military measures might be more effective in addressing regional dynamics and maintaining stability.
The senator suggests that supporting military action against military action is not a good idea. In his 2023 interview, he said, “I want to empower the president of the United States, whether that’s a Democrat or Republican, to use the power of the U.S. military to go after these drug cartels.” Republicans show great support to this idea but it would harm both Mexico and the United State.
Christopher Fettweis, writing last year in Responsible Statecraft, says sending troops probably won’t stop the cartels or the drugs they bring into the U.S. Based on his experience in Iraq, Vance should know it’s not smart to send our troops on missions that can’t succeed.
So, it is important for Americans to think about Vance’s foreign policy record.
