Donald Trump Jr. gives his interpretation of Karl Rove’s criticism of Vice President JD Vance and calls it an endorsement.
Donald Trump Jr. turned Karl Rove’s criticism of JD Vance into evidence of the opposite. He answered it in a post on X dated November 9, 2026. The post reacted to a report about Rove’s remarks on the vice president.
“I don’t think there could be a bigger endorsement for JD or any Republican for that matter, than to be opposed by king RINO Karl Rove. If Karl Rove hates you, then you must be doing something right. Being praised by Karl Rove would be the mother of all red flags!!!!”
Jewish Insider reported those remarks from the Jewish Federations of North America’s General Assembly in Washington. Rove said Vance should not be president of the United States, nor the Republican nominee. He proceeded to describe the vice president as a “neo-isolationist” whose approach would bankrupt the economy and endanger the world by abandoning Israel. Rove also disputed Vance’s post-election claim that the Iran war cost Republicans the midterms. Voters ranked the economy and democracy higher, Rove said.
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Donald Trump Jr. Defends JD Vance Against Karl Rove’s Criticism
While it may sound condescending to others, Trump Jr. does not hear criticism in any of this. He reads Rove’s hostility as a credential to Vance’s achievements. A strategist tied to the pre-Trump GOP is the wrong man to bless a nominee. Praise from Rove would be the giveaway, he argues, and that is why he calls it a red flag.
Subsequently, the vice president runs the same play when allies come under fire. When Representative Thomas Massie moved to impeach Pete Hegseth, Vance called it a ridiculous show. In a November 10 post defending Hegseth, Vance argued the fight was about Pentagon bureaucracy, not Iran. He wrote that Hegseth had taken on the institution, and that drew the fire. Vance himself had blamed the midterms on the war days earlier.
Trump Jr. applies that frame to Rove. Opposition from the old guard marks a Republican as worth backing. Rove’s objection, by that measure, is the endorsement Vance should want.
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