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allegorical oracle

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Wed Aug 20, 2025, 06:38 PM Aug 2025

Where's JD? How does he get so much time off? [View all]

The Hill - Opinion by Lindsey Granger

Vice President JD Vance has been in office since January, and already he’s racked up more vacation days than most Americans could dream of in a decade. The man who built his brand railing against “elites” has basically become one — living like the very people he claimed to stand against.

His latest trip? A summer holiday in the Cotswolds, the region of England nicknamed “the Hamptons of the UK.” Vance rented a sprawling manor that goes for about $10,000 a week. Between his motorcades clogging tiny country roads and the protests that followed him across the pond, it’s safe to say his family getaway got more press than privacy.

But this isn’t an isolated incident. This is vacation No.8 this year.

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Then there’s Disneyland, which he shut down for his family. Then there’s a $2,500 Michelin-starred dinner in San Diego. And who could forget his birthday kayak trip, when the military literally raised the level of an Ohio river just to smooth out his paddling conditions. That’s not just elite — that’s emperor-level.

The bigger question is: how does he have so much time off?

(I ask WHY he has so much time off?)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/opinion-where-s-jd-vance-vp-takes-eighth-vacation-in-seven-months/ar-AA1KTvLG

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Where's JD? How does he get so much time off? [View all] allegorical oracle Aug 2025 OP
Neither one of them do jack shit CanonRay Aug 2025 #1
He's looking for that special couch. Swede Aug 2025 #2
It's kinda old school ITAL Aug 2025 #3
Nothing but free time. He does nothing but vacation on our dime. Autumn Aug 2025 #4
He's getting heckled everywhere he goes. hunter Aug 2025 #5
I guess he doesn't... Chemical Bill Aug 2025 #9
His orders are to stay far from Trump lame54 Aug 2025 #6
Planning two things usonian Aug 2025 #7
"On Vacation" KentuckyWoman Aug 2025 #8
He's proving that old saying: "The vice president isn't worth a bucket of warm piss" struggle4progress Aug 2025 #10
oh you know Skittles Aug 2025 #11
No one likes him Johonny Aug 2025 #12
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