JD Vance says of the Middle East that it's "a region of the world made up of countries whose name I couldn't even pronounce"

Oct 27, 2026 · 5:46 PM UTC

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His wife's parents are Radhakrishna Chilukuri and Lakshmi Chilukuri btw.
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There are some tough ones: the UAE, Oman, Kuwait, Jordan. Who among us can reel off "Turkey" without stumbling?
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yale law degree, almost two years as vice president, and the middle east is still "countries whose name i couldn't even pronounce" iran is four letters, jd
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So he served in the Middle East but can’t pronounce any of the places there? He wrote articles about them. As a combat correspondent. He thinks everyone is stupid. Unserious and disqualifying.
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Trump can't either.. but he'll sure accept their planes and money!
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He has to play dumb to be relatable to his voters who are too dumb to pronounce them.
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"Ha ha! See, you morons? I'm just like you!"
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This clown who wants to be President someday is either woefully DUMB that this Yale graduate can't pronounce names of countries on a map, or he's pretending to be as dumb as trump for MAGA cred. In any case, it's sad that the criteria for being accepted by their voters is having a room temp IQ.
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The family of JD's wife is from Andhra Pradesh, India It seems odd that he would comment so distastefully about these countries that he can't pronounce
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I get it. How do you pronounce any of them? Eeran? EyeRock? Why can’t they name thing easy, like Europe? Lichtenstein. Llanfairpwll. Äteritsiputeritsipuolilautatsijänkä. Schmedeswurtherwesterdeich. Kvernbergsundsødegården.
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JD Vance's manipulation: I'm only a simple folk moron just like you, you guys.
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Then stop starting wars there and let them live
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Being illiterate used to be a stigma now you got the VP of the US bragging about it. Can’t make this shit up.
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The poorly educated in maga love this. They can barely pronounce their own last name.
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I bet he could pronounce their names correctly when he received their donations, rode on their luxury jets, took a swim off their yacht, and benefited from their dark money infusions.
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I can see why he might find it difficult to pronounce a country name like "Jordan." 🥸
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The profound difficulty of pronouncing deeply unAmerican words like “Jordan”
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If only this administration had skilled diplomats that made it their job to learn the pronunciation of those countries.
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That a VP of the free world can say this is quite disturbing.
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will the real jd vance stand up?
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Vance has the confidence of a man who mistakes not knowing something for proof that it doesn’t matter.
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Demonstrably low iq and bigoted He is so bad at this Trump gimmick
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OK, but Trump will be more than happy to take planes, money or any other bribes they want to offer.
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He's 42 years old. He wasn't even a twinkle in his parents' eye when Saudi embargoed the US.
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We knew u were stupid but not this stupid
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The OPEC energy crisis was 1972-73. Vance was not even born.
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His wife’s family is Indian, of course he can pronounce them
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Does reflecting an audience's assumed ignorance back at them play well at MAGA rallies. Do MAGAs not find it patronizing and insulting?
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If true, what does this say about the education he got at Yale?
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Because Jordan is so hard to pronounce
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Is anyone else tired of having stupid people in charge? The President of the United States is supposed to be a smart person's job. Not knowing the names of critically important foreign nations is not some badge of honor.
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He knows his demographic very well
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Imagine playing a status game that requires you to feign ignorance and stupidity
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JD Vance doesn't actually remember ANY of that. He's too young. He's lying.
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Iraq? Iran? Israel? Yemen? UAE? Literally an infant could pronounce the names of these Middle East countries.
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