Jake Tapper laughs at JD Vance’s claim for why Mike Pence distanced himself from Trump

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Jake Tapper struggled to contain his laughter when JD Vance offered up his theory for why Mike Pence has now distanced himself from Donald Trump. He claimed that Trump’s feud with his former vice president came about because of Pence’s inability to “control” his former boss – and not the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021, during which Trump supporters stormed the building chanting “Hang Mike Pence.” “All of these people, Jake, came into office thinking that they could control Donald Trump. Really?” Jake Tapper struggled to contain his laughter when JD Vance explained why Mike Pence had distanced himself from Donald Trump Tapper dug in, relaying Vance’s comments that it was differences over foreign policy that led to former Trump staffers speaking ill of the former president. “Including the former vice president Mike Pence, all of these people have this horribly damaged world view and they‘re all just going after Donald Trump because they want to send people into war?” Tapper asked.