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J. D. Vance: “Is a dollar of this [$1.8 billion weaponization fund] money…”

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Vice President JD Vance Briefs Members of the Media, May 19, 2026

Published May 19, 2026 | Video Starts at 11:55

Whenever the United States government incurs legal expenses, it pays out those legal expenses. When it's settling a lawsuit, it pays out money to settle that lawsuit. And the question is, Is a dollar of this [$1.8 billion weaponization fund] money going to the Trump administration? No. Is a dollar of this money going to Donald Trump personally? No. Is a dollar of this money going to Donald Trump's family? (11:55–12:00)

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“Fentanyl, sourced largely from China, killed about 403,000 Americans over the past seven years, according to CDC data.”
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“Thanks to Donald Trump's leadership and the working families tax cut, we put $40 billion into a rural health care fund in order to stop the…”
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“We ran on delivering tax cuts to the American people, which we did the largest tax cuts in American history.”
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“Next week I will be speaking at the Air Force Academy commencement ceremony.”
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“The President of the United States has been very clear that he wants us to focus on fraud.”
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“The President of the United States [is a big fan of banning members of Congress from trading stocks].”
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“Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.”
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“Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.”
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“We effectively degraded [Iran's] conventional military capability.”
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“The President has asked us, has told us, to aggressively negotiate with the Iranians.”
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“We think the Iranians want to make a deal.”
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“We have an opportunity here, I think, to reset the relationship that has existed between Iran and the United States for 47 years.”
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“The president is willing and able to go down that pathway [military action] if we have to.”
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“The media has misrepresented what this [$1.8 billion weaponization] fund is actually about.”
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“Whenever the United States government incurs legal expenses, it pays out those legal expenses.”
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“Is a dollar of this [$1.8 billion weaponization fund] money going to Donald Trump personally? No.”
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“Is a dollar of this [$1.8 billion weaponization fund] money going to Donald Trump's family? No.”
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“We've made incredible strides under Donald Trump's leadership to cut down on fentanyl deaths.”
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“We said if you got control of the southern border, we would see a substantial reduction in the number of people who died from fentanyl…”
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“The President has raised this [fentanyl issue] with President Xi any number of times.”
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“The president wants us to be pro innovation. He wants us to win the AI race against all other countries in the world.”
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“We also want to make sure that we're protecting people's data, we're protecting people's privacy.”
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“The biggest immigration fraud that existed under the Biden administration, it's not just that they let a flood of people across the southern…”
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“They allowed the asylum and refugee claimant process to become totally fraudulent.”
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“What the Biden administration would do is, is say, okay, you're an asylee. Go into the interior of the country. Here's a work permit.”
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“It is something that we have fixed in the Trump administration.”
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“One of the interesting things about the American media is there is a fascination...with people who objectively committed heinous crimes.”
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“There was a very terrible shooting that happened today at a Muslim community center. It seems like three people are dead, plus the shooters.”
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“Poland is capable of defending itself with a lot of support from the United States.”
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“I am a big fan of banning members of Congress from trading stocks.”
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“We want to ban that process, banning that approach and making it illegal, which is exactly what the president has proposed doing.”
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