Mike Pence suggests Trump change course on foreign relations

Published May 18, 2025 4:05pm ET



Former Vice President Mike Pence had several critiques of President Donald Trump’s foreign relations, from accepting gifts to imposing tariffs.

Trump is fresh from his first visit to the Middle East since entering Oval Office the second time. His tour included Saudi Arabia and Qatar and resulted in billions of dollars invested into the U.S. While Pence, 65, called it “a very successful trip for the American economy,” he aired some criticisms of Trump’s foreign relations strategy during an interview from his home in Indiana on NBC News’s Meet the Press Sunday.

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