According to the reports, Atlantic's story in Yemen's chat showed a rare instance of Vance breaking with Trump

According to the reports, Atlantic’s story in Yemen’s chat showed a rare instance of Vance breaking with Trump

Amid the consequences of the Atlantic Monday article, according to the reports, detailing the chat of the signal group that discussed the United States attack against the hutis in Yemen, vice president JD Vance, who seems to break with President Donald Trump is also drawing attention.

Vance made a remarkable statement in the Chat, which seemed to break with Trump and questioning whether the president acknowledged that a unilateral attack of the United States against Hutis to keep international shipping lanes open was disagree with his hard talk about European nations that paid their part of such efforts, according to a Jeffrey Goldberg account, the Atlantic Atlantic editor conversation in the conversation.

“I am not sure that the president is aware of how inconsistent this is with his message in Europe at this time,” Vance wrote at the chat, according to Goldberg. “There is a greater risk that we see a moderate to severe increase in oil prices. I am willing to support the consensus of the team and maintain these concerns for myself. But there is a strong argument to delay this per month, do the work of messages on why this matters, see where the economy is, etc.”

The day before the attack, according to the Atlantic reports published on Monday, Vance participated in the chat when he told the group traveling to Michigan for an economic event.

Vice President JD Vance listens to when President Donald Trump offers comments, at the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, on March 21, 2025.

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“Team, I’m out for the day doing an economic event in Michigan. But I think we are making an error,” Vance wrote in the chat, according to Goldberg. “3 percent of US trade extends through Suez. 40 percent of European trade does. There is a real risk that the public does not understand this or why it is necessary. The strongest reason to do this is, as Potus said, send a message.”

Finally, he supported the attack, and told the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth: “If you think we should do it, come on. I just hate to rescue Europe again,” according to Goldberg’s account.

The White House has insisted that communications in the group chat were not war plans and criticized the Atlantic journalist who detailed the account.

“This whole story was another deception written by a Trump enemy that is known for its sensationalist turn,” the White House Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, published on Wednesday on Wednesday.

William Martin, communications director of Vance, said the vice president and Trump “agree.”

“The first priority of the vice president is always to ensure that the president’s advisors adequately inform him about the substance of his internal deliberations. Vice President Vance, unequivocally, supports the foreign policy of this administration. The president and the vice president have had subsequent conversations about this matter and are in complete agreement,” he said in a statement.

When asked if Vance and Trump had spoken between the moment that Vance raised his concerns with the group, as reported by the Atlantic, and he coincided with those who advocated to move forward with the strike, a spokesman for Vance said that the statement that Martin provided to ABC News made it clear that they did it, pointing out the line they had “subsequent conversations on this matter.”

Vice President JD Vance listens to when President Donald Trump offers comments, at the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, on March 21, 2025.

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Vance’s comments are surprising, since he has been in Lockstep, at least in public, with Trump, his main defender most of the time since he was chosen as his formula partner last July.

No situation represented more than the Trump and Vance Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy earlier this month, where the three men put themselves in a shout match in front of the media on the perspectives of a high fire agreement to end the war in Ukraine. Vance rebuked Zelenskyy for not thanking the support that the United States has provided.

“Mr. President, with respect, I think it is disrespectful for you to enter the Oval office and try to litigate this in front of the US media,” Vance told Zelenskyy. “At this time, you are making recruits in the front line because you have labor problems. You should thank the president for trying to put an end to this conflict.”

During the campaign cycle, where Vance was the policy attack dog for the president and said previously that Trump needs a vice president who did not “stab” in the back, there was only a handful of times that Trump deviated from Trump about politics, with the most notable incident that occurs in a NBC interview during the presidential campaign when he said Trump would veto a national prohibition of abortion. A few weeks later, Trump, during his debate with Kamala Harris organized by ABC News, asked Vance’s comments about a prohibition of abortion.

Photo: President Donald Trump meets with NATO general secretary Mark Rutte at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on March 13, 2025 as Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and national security advisor Mike Waltz attends.

President Donald Trump talks to the press while he meets with NATO general, Mark Rutte, at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on March 13, 2025 as vice president JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and national security advisor Mike Waltz listens.

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“Well, I didn’t discuss it with JD, to be fair,” Trump said.

Since then, Vance has been more careful not to deviate publicly from the political position of the president.

After his victory in November, a source close to Vance told ABC News that the vice president had the task of ensuring that all the priorities of the Trump administration advance and that they work in any of the problems Trump needs to need it.

In November, a source familiar with the relationship of Vance and Trump said that Vance focused on doing what was necessary to support the elected president and the administration.

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