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Second lady Usha Vance said that despite considering herself a trusted adviser to her husband, she and Vice President JD Vance don’t always agree on decisions made by the Trump administration.
“I’m not his staffer, I’m not involved in this in any professional sense. There’s no expectation that we are going to see eye-to-eye on everything,” she told NBC News in an interview released Monday.
“The expectation is that we are going to be open-minded and have a conversation, and that I’ll provide meaningful input from the perspective of someone who loves him and wants him to succeed,” she continued. “So even if we don’t agree, I think it’s always very productive.”
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Usha Vance, who used to be a registered Democrat, would not say what specific issues she and the Republican vice president disagree on, stressing that she becomes his go-to when deciding what position to take on an issue that’s “important personally.”
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