Trump Jr. says Vance being criticized by Karl Rove ‘couldn’t be a bigger endorsement’

President Donald Trump’s eldest son celebrated GOP strategist Karl Rove’s condemnation of Vice President JD Vance on Monday, arguing that it means his friend “is doing something right.”Donald Trump Jr., who is active in political circles, weighed in after Rove told attendees at the Jewish Federations of North America’s General Assembly that Vance should not be Republicans’ 2028 presidential nominee. Rove cited concerns about Vance’s isolationist-leaning tendencies and criticism of Israel as reasons not to embrace the vice president as Trump’s successor.Trump Jr. hailed Rove’s take in a social media post saying, “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,” the president’s son said. “Being praised by Karl Rove would be the mother of all red flags!!!!”Rove represents the pre-Trump brand of GOP politics, which Vance and others have taken to task for favoring involvement in global affairs and befriending Israel, positions they believe are not “America First.”The president branded the term “America First” but has taken a different approach to the policy than other figures in the GOP camp, such as Vance, who has expressed disagreements about the war in Iran.Vance said last month that he and the president are aligned on the war. But the vice president conceded that the role he plays within the White House is one of persistently questioning the rationale for the conflict.“You can’t just go to war because it feels good,” Vance said. “You can’t go to war because you’re angry or because you’re frustrated. You have to say, ‘What is this military objective? How is it connected to a strategic goal that we have for the United States of America?’ And that is certainly the role that I play within the Oval Office. I’m always asking, ‘If we do this thing, how does it accomplish something that we care about? What are the costs and benefits? What are the trade-offs here?’”Secretary of State Marco Rubio, another possible 2028 presidential contender, has emerged as a far more vocal supporter of the Iran war, framing it as necessary to keep a terrorist regime from using nuclear weapons against the world.WASHINGTON SECRETS: MAGA INSIDERS BELIEVE VANCE WILL RUN, BUT AREN’T SURE IF HE SHOULD RUN“We cannot live in a world in which the most radical, terroristic regime on the planet possesses a weapon of mass destruction,” Rubio said during a Florida event over the weekend. “And we had president after president ignore it and allow it to linger.”“This president didn’t do that,” Rubio added. “He was elected to do the hard things. … It would have been very easy to do what multiple presidents before him have done, which is ignore the Iran thing, leave it for the next guy, put it aside, and don’t worry about it. That would have been the easiest thing to do.”