{"id":15523,"date":"2026-04-08T01:44:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T01:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/15523\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T01:44:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T01:44:19","slug":"president-trump-fails-to-pick-up-when-vice-president-jd-vance-calls-him-live-onstage-embarrassing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/15523\/","title":{"rendered":"President Trump Fails to Pick Up When Vice President JD Vance Calls Him Live Onstage: \u2018Embarrassing\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Vice President JD Vance had an awkward moment trying to get his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/jd-vance-defends-president-trump-212927049.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:boss;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;boss&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">boss<\/a>, President Donald Trump, on the phone during a rally in Budapest on Tuesday, April 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI actually had a special guest that asked that I give him a phone call,\u201d the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/jd-vance-sparks-2028-presidential-192553938.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:senator;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;senator&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">senator<\/a>, 41, told the crowd, according to a video posted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/vance-humiliated-as-trump-doesnt-pick-up-call-live-on-stage\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Daily Beast;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Daily Beast&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Daily Beast<\/a> and other outlets on Tuesday, April 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cLet\u2019s see. Let\u2019s hope he actually answers, or this is going to be very embarrassing,\u201d Vance added, dialing a number.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After a few seconds of silence, he got an automated message that the recipient\u2019s voicemail box had not been set up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cOkay, try one more time,\u201d the vice president said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt\u2019s ringing. That\u2019s progress,\u201d he said to the crowd. A few more moments of silence followed before he put the call on speakerphone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHello, Mr. President, how are you?\u201d Vance said.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\" &lt;span class=&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;&gt;Mega&lt;\/span&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"748\" height=\"421\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/e547c05de5a46fb4ed53c8300a09608e.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Mega<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHi JD, could you give me a second?\u201d Trump responded, before apparently realizing he was on speakerphone in front of what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/president-trump-reportedly-believes-godfather-212302732.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Vance;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Vance&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vance<\/a> claimed was 5,000 people. \u201cWow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Trump then went on to praise Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who is currently up for re-election for a fifth term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Vance was in the country to support the campaign for the politician, who has been in power since 2010 and has been described by some critics as a dictator. Polls suggest the opposition party could unseat him, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/czd7y1n3jyjo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:BBC;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;BBC&quot;}\" class=\"link \">BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The election is scheduled for Sunday, April 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story <a href=\"https:\/\/globemagazine.com\/president-trump-fails-to-pick-up-when-vice-president-jd-vance-calls-him-live-onstage-embarrassing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:President Trump Fails to Pick Up When Vice President JD Vance Calls Him Live Onstage: \u2018Embarrassing\u2019;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;President Trump Fails to Pick Up When Vice President JD Vance Calls Him Live Onstage&quot;}\" class=\"link \">President Trump Fails to Pick Up When Vice President JD Vance Calls Him Live Onstage: \u2018Embarrassing\u2019<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/globemagazine.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Globe;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Globe&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Globe<\/a>. 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