Vance tells White House reporter to ‘have a little bit of objectivity’ about Trump

Published May 19, 2026 3:16pm ET | Updated May 19, 2026 3:17pm ET



Vice President JD Vance unloaded on a reporter at Tuesday’s White House press briefing for delivering a “speech masquerading as a question” about President Donald Trump‘s stock portfolio.

Vance was asked by Andrew Feinberg, the Independent’s White House correspondent, about reports that stocks in the president’s portfolio were often mentioned at White House press events and on social media. Feinberg, however, spent more than two minutes weaving in and out of anecdotes about Vance’s prior support for a congressional stock ban when asking the question.

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