It’s an incredible honor to take the oath of office as the 50th Vice President of the United States. I look forward to working alongside President Trump to serve the American people. Let's Make America Great Again!
ICYMI: @VP Vance's Fraud Task Force and our partners @HUDgov and @TheJusticeDept are making sure that taxpayer money meant to address homelessness is not siphoned away by fraudsters.
🚨H-1B fraudsters…count your days.
With the help of whistleblowers, tips from the public, and our dedicated investigators, @USLaborIG is peeling back the layers and exposing fraud wherever it hides.
Under @POTUS and @VP’s @WHFraudTF, we’re tackling it all—big or small.
Four defendants in LA allegedly defrauded American taxpayers of MILLIONS OF DOLLARS meant to help the homeless.
One defendant, Donye Mitchell, is accused of using homeless funds to pay his own bond for domestic violence and assault charges--as well as purchases on his PlayStation.
@VP Vance's Anti-Fraud Task Force and @SecretaryTurner are united in defending taxpayers from gross and egregious fraud. 🇺🇸
Vice President Vance on the Trump Administration's success in stopping illegal immigration:
"We actually got control of the southern border...President Trump is the first president in my lifetime to actually reverse that flow of illegal immigration."
.@VP on the @WHFraudTF: The biggest problem with finding fraud is that the states where the fraud is the worst (Democrat-run states) are also the states that have the least willingness to cooperate with what we're doing.
Let’s all take a moment to actually watch this exchange in full, where the VP was specifically asked about Israel.
Q: JD, before we wrap here, I want to ask you another hard question. This one about our relationship with the state of Israel and the president's relationship with Bibi Netanyahu. Many people in the Republican Party, MAGA, are now moving to a new party: America first, America only. There's a rise in anti-Semitism, and there's a persistent belief amongst a lot of the people on the right that maybe our foreign policy is too influenced by the state of Israel or Bibi Netanyahu. Can you take us into the relationship right now, where it stands, and the you know the administration's position on collaborating with Israel on a lot of these military activities.
VP: Yeah, you know what the president has said, Jason, is obviously Israel has been an important partner when it comes to military technology, when it comes to intelligence sharing, but also sometimes the United States doesn't always agree with Israel, and I think that more than frankly any president in the last 40 years, he has shown a willingness to actually part ways with Bibi Netanyahu when he feels like the interests of the American people are different from the interests of of the government of Israel.
And I find it a little ironic, Jason, that you have Democrats criticizing Donald Trump for his relationship with Bibi when Donald Trump is the one president of the last 40 years who's been willing to say, you know what, yeah, Bibi is a good partner, but also Bibi and I have a different opinion on this, or Bibi's wrong about this, or maybe Bibi's right about this from the perspective of Israel. But the American people need us to go in a different direction. So I just think that rooting this relationship, like all relationships, in America's interest is the way to actually have a rational conversation here.
Because when you're talking about whether a given policy is in America's interest, and you keep yourself laser focused on that, I think that's how you make sure that the American people know that you're fighting for them. But I also think that it allows us to actually rationally focus and force ourselves to have a conversation about when something that maybe sounded good or maybe has become a cliche or a slogan for the past 20 or 30 years. Well, maybe we have to do something different now, and I think that that's how we have to approach not just this relationship but all relationships.
By the way, you you see a similar pushback when the president makes the argument that he's made about NATO, which is yes, obviously a lot of important relationships, a lot of important partnerships in NATO, but that doesn't mean that we're going to completely make our European foreign policy subservient to NATO in the same way that we cannot let our Middle Eastern foreign policy be subservient to the state of Israel. We're going to work with people when we work with them. We're going to disagree when we disagree, and we're going to pursue America's interests. That's the only way to have a rational foreign policy.
The Trump-Vance Administration is winning the War on Fraud and taking bold action to protect American taxpayers, small businesses, and workers.
Just yesterday, @VP Vance’s Anti-Fraud Task Force and our partners @SBA_Kelly, @AGToddBlanche, and @FBIDirectorKash were in Kansas City to announce major anti-fraud achievements.
🚨 870,000 borrowers tied to $39B in suspected fraud SUSPENDED
🚨 80 individuals CHARGED for $245M in pandemic-era loan fraud
🚨 6th Most Wanted Fraudster CAPTURED
Fraudsters beware. 🇺🇸
.@VP: "The only way I think you're going to reverse America's long-term decline is to be willing to take those risks. Thank God for the past 18 months we've had a President willing to do just that."
If you defrauded the PPP program, the Trump Administration is cutting you off.
We’re clawing back what you stole from small businesses.
And we will not hesitate to prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law.
VP Vance holds an anti-fraud press conference in Kanas City:
"If you steal money from the American taxpayer that should go to American workers, we're actually going to prosecute you, and we're going to try to send you to prison."
870,000 borrowers linked to $39 Billion in suspected fraud.
They have been SUSPENDED.
With this action, @VP’s @WHFraudTF and @SBA_Kelly sent a clear message to the criminals stealing from taxpayers and pillaging relief programs meant for small business and workers: Fraudsters, we’re coming for you.
The Trump-Vance Administration's War on Fraud isn't just about the numbers.
It's about crushing criminals stealing from our most vulnerable neighbors, getting illegal truckers with fraudulent CDLs off our nation's roads, and stopping fraudsters plundering programs designed to feed children in need.
Listen to @AFergusonFTC explain how fighting fraud protects American citizens from real physical and financial harm ⬇️