Politico reports that it was sent communications from inside the Trump campaign, including Sen. J.D. Vance’s (R-OH) 271-page vetting file, allegedly by an Iranian hacker.

The outlet said that it has been receiving anonymous emails containing internal communications from the Trump campaign. The campaign acknowledged the authenticity of the communications on Saturday, accusing “foreign sources hostile to the United States,” for leaking them.

  • The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    135
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    5 months ago

    The real story is not that Trump had a novel length document of everything wrong with Vance (we know he’s basically what you get if Oogy Boogy was filled with empty vapes and paternal disappointment instead of just bugs). No, the real story is that Trump picked him anyway.

        • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          4 months ago

          When you “send your best” from a criminally corrupt pile of dogshit, you get the average republican!

        • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          10
          ·
          edit-2
          4 months ago

          Once the hamberders stop blood flow through his arteries they’ll have their personal puppet on the throne. The orange is unpredictable while JDV can be operated directly through the hand up his puppet hole

    • Coelacanth@feddit.nu
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      40
      ·
      edit-2
      5 months ago

      As others have noted Peter Thiel money might have influenced the choice. Given Vance’s relationship to Project 2025 (he wrote the foreword to Kevin Roberts’s book, remember[1]) it’s also possible he was a strongly pushed Heritage Foundation plant - put in place to ensure the flailing incoherent mess that is Trump’s mind is actually implementing Project 2025 properly when elected.


      1. 1 ↩︎

    • emax_gomax@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      7
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      5 months ago

      Tbf all the other candidates are also republicans. I’d pay just to find out how big the dossier of the alternatives would get.

    • recapitated@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      4 months ago

      But also opposition research is actually normal and prudent. Losing it is obviously not. But do we actually know how damaging the info is?

    • Cethin@lemmy.zip
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      4 months ago

      It’s my understanding that the length is fairly normal. The vetting process for VP is very intense and thorough. They will go through every tiny aspect of your entire life if they’re doing their job well.

  • TehWorld@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    113
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    4 months ago

    Democrats also revealed that they were hacked. Iranians downloaded 2.3 terabytes of photos of Tim Walz hugging puppies. Secret documents as well. High School football plays and an old family tater-tot-hot-dish recipe.

    • angrystego@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      4 months ago

      I think that actually checks out. For mob bosses like Trump it’s not good if people are too clean. It means they could turn on them in the future. Problematic past is leverage and that means loyalty. How severe problems do you have to have to stay loyal to Trump longterm?

  • Billiam@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    75
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    5 months ago

    foreign sources hostile to the United States

    Anybody who wants to stop Trump should at least be considered a temporary ally.

    • Coelacanth@feddit.nu
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      42
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      edit-2
      5 months ago

      Amidst a sea of Russian bots and trolls shilling for Jill Stein at the hour of need an unlikely force stepped out to bat for democracy: Iran. Partly out of spite it seems - which given Trump is the target can only be described as poetic.

    • proudblond@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      5 months ago

      Yeah I’m having a hard time feeling negative about Iran doing this when we know what Russia is up to. At least it levels the playing field a bit. Feels icky though!

      Obligatory VOTE

  • Rakonat@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    69
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    4 months ago

    Iran if you’re listening, we would love to see those RNC emails that were floating around.

  • LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    56
    arrow-down
    4
    ·
    4 months ago

    Good for Iran for getting some measure of revenge. It was atrocious of Trump to break the Iran nuclear deal. The US defines sanctions or economic warfare as “acts of war” which is unjustified towards Iran.

    Even though US intelligence services said Iran isn’t developing a nuclear weapon, these sanctions and the deal was done to prevent them from developing. This is fundamentally undemocratic behavior because without a modicum of prosperity a country isn’t likely to become more open or democratic. All to support Saudi Arabia (who are worse than Iran) and the exploitation of natural resources in the region.

  • Snapz@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    44
    ·
    4 months ago

    100% “Robert” is that persona trump does when he calls media and pretends he’s his own press agent. This is trump trying to ditch vance without just coming out and saying that he picked a couch fucker

  • Lauchs@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    41
    ·
    4 months ago

    There’s something delightful about the trump campaign complaining about foreign interference, which clearly should only be allowed by Russia.

  • mozz@mbin.grits.dev
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    40
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    5 months ago

    Not so funny when it’s you, is it

    Come on let’s talk about how foreign nations shouldn’t be interfering in US elections

    And about how the “Persians” chumped the Obama administration on the nuclear deal until you got the best of them and now they fear and respect you and only you

    You nincompoops

  • Maggoty@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    37
    ·
    4 months ago

    According to the Politico article I read the only group saying it’s Iran is the Trump campaign. Can we not give them free exposure?

      • MutilationWave@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        4 months ago

        That would be the move if they think they’re about to be carpet bombed by Israel with American weapons under Trump.

    • enbyecho@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      4 months ago

      Exactly. This headline is inaccurate garbage. It should be something like “Trump blames Iran” + preferably “without evidence”

    • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      4 months ago

      Given just how absolutely fucked this timeline is?

      If it is mentioned in there that he did, and it’s completely pure coincidence that the meme started, I don’t know how I’d process it. I feel like it would be that episode of South Park where Erik breaks his funny bone

    • mean_bean279@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      41
      ·
      5 months ago

      While I won’t say he won’t dump him, it would definitely make him look weak. I mean, Trump picked him and he dumps him as soon as he has problems and he picked a bad candidate? That just screams poor leadership and weak. Plus the RNC already happened, and with as much as they bitched about switching the dem candidate… although Republicans aren’t exactly famous for doing as they say…

      • worldwidewave@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        22
        ·
        edit-2
        5 months ago

        Yea, the Trump response is often to foolishly double-down, he did last week on Kamala turning Black. I don’t see him being able to admit he was wrong about Vance, he’ll probably double-down again.

        • mean_bean279@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          7
          ·
          5 months ago

          I can see it now: The radical left is coming after JD Vance because they can’t choose their names like he did and they can’t fuck as many couches as he can. Or something like that.

      • NounsAndWords@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        13
        ·
        5 months ago

        Idk, practically everything he’s done for 8 years now has screamed poor leadership and weakness to me but his cult keeps eating it up …

      • MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        7
        ·
        5 months ago

        I mean, Trump picked him and he dumps him as soon as he has problems and he picked a bad candidate? That just screams poor leadership and weak.

        That was the Trump administration in a nutshell. I wonder how many Scaramuccis Vance will last.

        • mean_bean279@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          5 months ago

          Yes, but Mooch and others like him weren’t the position of power that a dictator needs as a yes man. Which Vance has promised to be. That’s all Trump needs.

    • emax_gomax@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      5 months ago

      Doubt it. Foreign countries having leverage over you is basically the hallmark of trumps presidential position.

        • Telodzrum@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          5
          ·
          5 months ago

          It’s against the rules, but the party can just change those. The issue is that the states won’t print new ballots. So, even if the VP nominee changes, the ballots will still say Vance.

    • Got_Bent@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      4 months ago

      Wasn’t Vance duly elected at the Republican convention? Could trump unilaterally kick him out?