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Vance informed Trump that he intended to attribute the election defeat to the war before announcing his stance, WSJ reports, citing U.S. officials.
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Vice President JD Vance told President Donald Trump he would blame the election defeat on the war before publicly announcing his position, according to WSJ reporting cited by First Squawk and attributed to U.S. officials. The disclosure frames the war as the central explanation Vance intends to offer for the loss, and it signals that he gave Trump advance notice of that framing. The move matters because it sets the terms of the post-election blame debate inside the administration. What to watch next is whether Trump endorses Vance's war-centered explanation or offers a competing account.
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