Key moments from JD Vance sit down with Joe Rogan

Do you think that we would have started this war in Iran without the influence of Israel? If it was your call, would you have done exactly the same thing? Do you think that Israel is affecting American political judgment? There are some people within their system we know beyond a shadow of a doubt who are manipulating and trying to change American public opinion to keep the war going on indefinitely. If it was your call, would you have done exactly the same thing? I think that the goal is certainly good, which is to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. The president said publicly that J.D. was less enthusiastic about it. I think that was the exact phrase that he used. As the vice president, I'm not a public commentator. My job is to give the best advice I can to the president of the United States. Do you think that we would have started this war in Iran without the influence of Israel? I think the president, completely separate from any influence from Israel, believes very strongly, and again I agree with this, that Iran should not have a nuclear weapon. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that there have been people within the Israeli government who are trying to actually shift us away from that policy because they want to continue the military campaign. We absolutely screwed up the comms of the Epstein files, like we just did. Do I think the reason we screwed up the comms is because we were trying to hide something? No. We did release all these files. Did it take longer than it should have taken? Yes. He clearly had connections to the highest levels of Israeli intelligence.