American Vice President J.D. Vance Returns Empty-Handed From International Missions Following Major Setbacks

American Vice President J.D. Vance returned empty-handed from his two missions abroad, after the failure of talks on the war in Iran in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 12, and the resounding defeat of outgoing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the legislative elections on the same day in Hungary.

These two successive failures constitute “major setbacks for the vice president, widely seen as Trump’s heir apparent, who was sent last week to all corners of the world to carry out missions where the chances of success were slim,” analyzes the Financial Times.

It is as if the American Vice President “had drunk the poisoned chalice to the dregs,” especially since J.D. Vance, who converted to Catholicism, returned to Washington just in time “to witness the showdown between the White House tenant and Pope Leon,” mocks the British newspaper.

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These failures are not without effect on his popularity among Americans, notes the headline, pointing out that “the vice president’s rating has indeed dropped at the same time as Trump’s. The latest average of polls, calculated by the aggregator RealClearPolitics, shows that just under 41% of Americans now have a favorable opinion.”