Vice President JD Vance said something he almost certainly didn't intend during a Monday interview on Fox News, while discussing the Trump administration's new policy counter-blockading the Strait of Hormuz to try to pressure Iran into abandoning its own blockade.
"What they have done is engage in this act of economic terrorism against the entire world," said Vance. "As the President showed, two can play at that game."
This remark provoked an immediate reaction from commenters on social media.
"Does he realize what he just admitted lol," wrote Zeteo News reporter Pram Thakker.
"Vance admits that Trump’s blockade is an act of economic terrorism against the entire world," wrote former GOP operative turned Meidas Touch editor-in-chief Ron Filipkowski.
"Did Vance just call Trump a terrorist?" Meidas Touch's official account wrote.
"What? We’re ALSO engaging in economic terrorism?" wrote former trail lawyer John Jackson. "What a stupid way to talk. It’s two different things phrased in a very bad way. Come on JD."
VANCE: What they have done is engage in this act of economic terrorism against the entire world. As the President showed, two can play at that game. pic.twitter.com/pd9HIdamV7
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 13, 2026