Ep. 2447 - Vance vs. The View

June 17, 2026

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Vice President JD Vance had a day of sharp contrasts on Monday. He spent the morning on The View, where he dismantled the hosts’ arguments on inflation, immigration, and racism with calm, pointed rejoinders. But he spent the rest of the day defending a U.S.-Iran agreement that, based on leaked text, appears to grant Iran immediate sanctions relief and a path to hundreds of billions in investment in exchange for vague promises and no concrete concessions on nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, or terrorism. The episode also covered a foiled mass-casualty terror plot at a UFC event, a new report on the UK’s Islamic rape gang scandal, and Major League Baseball’s crackdown on Bible verses.

Vance vs. The View

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1 (00:00) **Show Open & Sponsors** - Ben Shapiro introduces the episode and runs ad reads for NetSuite, Acorns, and CookUnity.
2 (04:05) **JD Vance Dominates 'The View'** - Vice President JD Vance appears on The View, debating the hosts on affordability, racism, immigration, and his past criticism of Trump.
3 (12:36) **Vance Defends the Iran Deal** - The segment pivots to Vance's defense of the controversial US-Iran agreement, marking a shift from his successful media performance.
4 (13:54) **The Unreleased Text and a Catch-22** - Shapiro analyzes the administration's shifting defense of the Iran deal, from demanding the text be seen to now downplaying its importance.
5 (19:53) **The "Endless War" Straw Man** - Shapiro criticizes Vance for adopting Barack Obama's 2015 argument that rejecting the deal means choosing endless war.
6 (25:38) **Analyzing the Deal's Goals vs. Reality** - Shapiro tests Vance's claim that the deal achieved its core objectives against the leaked text of the MOU.
7 (41:52) **The Funding Issue** - Shapiro details the financial provisions of the deal, arguing they are disastrous and not contingent on Iran's good behavior.

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JD Vance

Show Notes

Vice President JD Vance takes on the ladies of The View, and shows why he’s a talented politician; Vance spends the rest of the day defending what increasingly appears to be a bad deal with Iran; and we report on a terror plot to attack the Trump UFC America 250 event.

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