READ IN FULL: Vice President JD Vance’s interview with the Washington Examiner

Published January 23, 2026 11:54am ET



EXCLUSIVE — Vice President JD Vance sat for a half-hour interview with the Washington Examiner, during which he spoke about Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minneapolis, President Donald Trump‘s designs for Greenland, “realistic” expectations for the anti-abortion movement, and more.

The interview took place on Thursday aboard Air Force Two, sandwiched between Vance’s affordability-focused stop in Toledo, Ohio, and his meeting with immigration officers and community members in Minneapolis. Three aides to the vice president sat in on the conversation, and, at one point, an Air Force attendant briefly interrupted the interview to deliver Vance a coffee.

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