EXCLUSIVE: Vice President JD Vance is seeking to forge new alliance with disaffected Trump voters ahead of the 2028 election cycle, Fox News Digital has learned. Vance took control of his own messaging Wednesday morning in the wake of a brutal Republican midterm beatdown, breaking with President Donald Trump on foreign policy and America's relationship with Israel. A source familiar with post-election happenings told Fox News Digital that there was a White House meeting Wednesday morning aimed at aligning the entire administration officials on post-midterm messaging.
After that huddle, the vice president posted a lengthy admonishment to X where he squarely blamed the Iran war for the Republican Party's losses in the 2026 midterms. Trump made a similar claim after calling into Fox News during Tuesday night's election coverage, saying the upsets were "partly" due to the Iran war. VANCE'S SCATHING IRAN WAR POSTMORTEM PUTS POTENTIAL 2028 GOP SHOWDOWN IN FOCUS: 'EVERYONE KNOWS WHY' "The reason we lost is the war," Vance's post said.
"The president himself said so last night." "If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest," he went on.
"But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there." In the post, Vance, said a pollster and "one of the smartest people I know in politics" laid out four tasks that would bring voters back to the GOP — end the war in Iran, focus on the cost of living and inflation, put America first, and "change our relationship with Israel." JD VANCE DECLINES TO ENDORSE NETANYAHU DESPITE TRUMP'S STRONG BACKING A Trump administration official who spoke with Fox News Digital said that the four tasks are Vance's rallying cry to the "new right," broadly defined as a coalition of Republicans that aligns with the president's original "America First" movement — staying out of foreign conflicts, making America an affordable place for Americans to raise families, and closing the borders. But those voters, they said, also believe that Trump is too aligned with Israel on foreign policy matters.
Among some on the political right, the war in Iran is intrinsically tied to Israel's influence in the Middle East, and Trump's relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. TRUMP TOLD DONORS 'WE NEED TO ELECT JD,' SOURCE CONFIRMS, AS HE WEIGHS VANCE OR RUBIO IN 2028 The official made it clear that Vance’s message is not a separation from Trump, à la former Vice President Mike Pence who denounced Trump after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the capitol. Rather, they said, he is aiming to send a clear message to Republicans who support Trump and disagree with or feel betrayed by his foreign policy.
And that message is: "Vance is our guy." The White House did not return Fox News Digital's request for comment at time of publication on the meeting or Vance's post-election messaging. The vice president has not strayed much from Trump and the White House's preferred messaging for the past two years — thought he has been one of the few voicing expressing concern over the ongoing war in Iran. Despite his friendship with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, reports and comments from the vice president himself have expressed how his stance on the Iran conflict differs.
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