JD Vance predicts Democrats will pick ‘dumbest candidate’ for the 2028 presidential election
The US vice president claimed his rivals were “deranged” as experts suggest that former vice president Kamala Harris and California governor Gavin Newsom are the frontrunners for the Democratic presidential nomination.Speaking on Jesse Watters’ Primetime on Tuesday night, he claimed that Ms Harris, a former attorney general and senator, was “not qualified” to be president.He also suggested that Mr Newsom was “unbelievably corrupt and incompetent”, although he did not share any evidence.The interview included a tangent about MAGA Republicans’ fixation on Mr Newsom crossing his legs when sitting down.In December, Mr Newsom responded to the controversy by sharing an AI-generated image of himself in a yoga pose, adding that “democracy requires flexibility”.Mr Vance was also forced to go on the defensive as he responded to criticism of Donald Trump’s abduction of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro.“First, we’re going to be able to control the incredible natural resources in Venezuela, which is good for America,” Mr Vance bragged. “Number one, it allows us to put leverage on our enemies.He also claimed that Somali immigrants are ‘getting rich off the American taxpayer’“Number two, it makes sure that if Americans need high-quality, low-cost power, we’re always going to have access to it.”Although the price of oil plunged after the military operation, experts are now predicting a major oil supply glut in 2026.Kathleen Brooks, research director at XTB, said that the US operation had disturbed an already turbulent market.“Although the oil price was initially able to absorb the Venezuela news, today’s move lower is a sign that the oil price continues to be sensitive to any shift in supply dynamics,” she said.Mr Vance, though, maintained that Venezuela was in the United States’s “neighbourhood” and, therefore, subject to US “control”.News in 90 Seconds, Friday January 9Mr Trump has often referenced the Monroe Doctrine to justify action in Venezuela, which is a policy established in 1823 declaring the entire Western Hemisphere as being under US influence.He also claimed that Somali immigrants are “getting rich off the American taxpayer”, through an alleged fraud scheme involving daycare centres in Minnesota.He suggested that taxpayers are being “fleeced”, while threatening “big announcements on this stuff in the coming days”.
