JD Vance on His Faith and Trump’s Most Controversial Policies

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Society & Culture, Ross Douthat, News, New York Times, Journalism

4.2 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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On this episode of “Interesting Times,” Ross Douthat interviews Vice President JD Vance about the Trump administration’s deportations, the tariff backlash and how Vance’s faith influences his politics.

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0:00.0	Mr. Vice President,
0:02.5	welcome to interesting times.
0:05.6	Thank you, Ross.
0:06.3	Try and contain your laughter.
0:08.9	Wait, is that actually the name of your podcast?
0:10.6	That is the name of our show.
0:11.9	Okay.
0:12.1	Yes.
0:12.6	Do we not live in interesting times?
0:14.2	We do live in interesting times. So we're here in Rome.
0:34.8	This is the day after the papal inauguration.
0:39.2	But now it's the next day.
0:39.7	It is.
0:45.2	And you just met with Pope Leo the 14th, the first American Pope.
0:45.4	Yeah.
0:47.0	So what did you talk about?
0:52.2	Well, I want to be respectful, of course, of the private conversation we had. I mean, generally, we talked about issues.
0:54.6	The Vaden cares a lot about.
0:56.7	Obviously, they care about the migration issue.
0:59.5	They care a lot about world peace.
1:01.5	They care a lot about what's happening in Russia, Ukraine.
1:03.5	They care a lot about what's happening with Gaza and Israel.
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