Vance declined on Monday (October 19, 2026) to endorse Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu for reelection a day after President Donald Trump endorsed the embattled Israeli leader . U.S. Vice President J.D.
Vance said, while traveling on Monday (October 19, 2026) to campaign for Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley of North Carolina. Vance has campaigned for a foreign leader — then-Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, last spring before the right-wing leader’s party lost that country’s parliamentary election. “So, I’m not getting involved in Israeli elections. Mr. Last month, Mr. Vance spoke privately in Las Vegas to the Republican Jewish Coalition, a leading GOP group committed to advocating for a strong U.S. relationship with Israel and against antisemitism.
“The President has the most influential endorsement in American or international political history,” Mr. Vance said during an interview with journalist Mark Halperin. “I endorse American candidates, and that’s where I’m focused on the midterms,” Mr.
