2. Trump, Netanyahu, and Nuclear Weapons

What Vance said: He dismissed the idea that Donald Trump was being blackmailed or controlled by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He emphasized that the administration's actions are driven by a core strategic objective: ensuring Iran does not acquire a nuclear weapon.
3. Jeffrey Epstein's Links to Israeli Intelligence (Mossad)
What Vance said: When asked by Joe Rogan about theories that Jeffrey Epstein was connected to Israel's Mossad, Vance agreed that Epstein had deep intelligence ties.
Quote/Context: Vance replied,
"Yeah, Mossad or CIA or some other deep state... He clearly had connections to the upper, the highest levels of American intelligence. He clearly had connections to the highest levels of Israeli intelligence."
He further noted that Epstein's ties were specifically connected to elements of the Israeli deep state that were "left of center."