Former WH aide predicts JD Vance's time with Trump is running out and he may end up like Mike Pence

Anthony Scaramucci, former White House communications director, weighed in on President Donald Trump's opinion of Vice President JD Vance
UPDATED MAR 30, 2025
According to Anthony Scaramucci, JD Vance may share a fate similar to Donald Trump's first vice president, Mike Pence (Getty Images)
According to Anthony Scaramucci, JD Vance may share a fate similar to Donald Trump's first vice president, Mike Pence (Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC: It looks like JD Vance might be heading straight for the Mike Pence treatment—at least, that’s what Anthony Scaramucci is predicting.

The former White House communications director (who held the gig for a grand total of ten days during Donald Trump's first term) says he knows exactly what the president really thinks of his second-in-command. 

According to Scaramucci, Trump thinks Vance is way too eager to copy his every move, calling him out for "over-modeling" the MAGA leader.



 

Anthony Scaramucci weighs in on JD Vance and Donald Trump's relationship

Anthony Scaramucci didn’t mince words when he appeared on CNN’s 'OutFront with Erin Burnett', where he confidently predicted that JD Vance would soon be on the chopping block.

"At the end of the day, I predict JD Vance will go the way of Mike Pence," he declared. "The president will make him more irrelevant; he'll do things to Vance that will compromise his position. He doesn't like the attention that Vance is getting," Scaramucci continued.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 03: Anthony Scaramucci attends the 2022 Forbes Iconoclast Summit at New York Historical Society on November 03, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)
Anthony Scaramucci attends the 2022 Forbes Iconoclast Summit at New York Historical Society on November 3, 2022, in New York City (Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)

A series of clips aired during the segment showed Vance practically parroting Trump’s words in speeches.

During his recent trip to Greenland, the vice president tried to channel Trump's tough talk about the Arctic territory. Vance parroted Trump's stance almost word-for-word: "Denmark hasn't done a good job keeping Greenland safe."

A clip of Trump and another of Vance offering remarks on the subject were rolled back-to-back. "The expression I use is 'some people don't have the cards.' We're the piggy bank that everybody steals from," Trump said. 

In the next clip, Vance appeared to echo him, as he said, "They just don't have the cards. We're done being the piggy bank of the entire world."

Burnett pointed out how Vance and Trump are even dressing alike now, down to their matching ties. Scaramucci found the whole thing laughable.

"I understand the modeling and the mimetic nature of the vice president, but I think it's a mistake," he said, joking that Vance should shave his beard if really wants to prove he’s all in.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance applauds as U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during inauguration ceremonies in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States. (Photo by Kevin Lamarque - Pool/Getty Images)
Vice President JD Vance applauds as President Donald Trump gestures during inauguration ceremonies in the US Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025, in Washington, DC (Kevin Lamarque - Pool/Getty Images)

While some might assume Trump eats up all the adoration and fawning, Scaramucci says that’s not actually the case. In fact, he believes Trump has a major issue with sycophants.

"He's not the president," the financier said of Vance, adding that whatever you might think of Trump, "he had the rizz for his team, MAGA."

"JD Vance hasn't proven that," Scaramucci insisted. "I think it's probably annoying to the President that [Vance is] over-modeling him. You know, people mistake this about [Trump], I don’t think he likes the obsequiousness stuff."

US' potential acquisition of Greenland

JD Vance’s Greenland trip reportedly sparked outrage from the locals.

What was originally planned as a three-day visit got slashed down to just one day after protests erupted across the island. According to a poll, Greenlanders are fiercely against becoming part of the US. 

US Vice President JD Vance arrives to board Air Force Two after touring the US military's Pituffik Space Base on March 28, 2025 in Pituffik, Greenland. The itinerary for the visit was scaled back after a plan for a more extensive trip drew criticism from officials in Greenland and Denmark, which controls foreign and defence policy of the semiautonomous territory. (Photo by Jim Watson - Pool / Getty Images)
Vice President JD Vance arrives to board Air Force Two after touring the US military's Pituffik Space Base on March 28, 2025, in Pituffik, Greenland (Jim Watson - Pool/Getty Images)

Furthermore, anti-American demonstrations—the largest in the Arctic island’s history—started popping up to call out "American pressure against Greenland and Denmark." Protestors even planned a rally right outside the US embassy in Denmark’s capital, according to the Daily Mail.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen wasn’t having any of it either. She slammed Vance's visit, calling it "unacceptable pressure" and reaffirming that Denmark wasn't budging.

"The attention is overwhelming, and the pressure is great, but it is in times like these that you show what you are made of," she told Greenlanders. "You have stood up for who you are."

She previously told Danish broadcasters DR and TV2, "It is clearly not a visit that concerns Greenland’s needs or wishes. That’s why I have to say it’s an unacceptable pressure being placed on Greenland and Denmark—and it’s pressure we will stand up to."

"President Trump is serious. He wants Greenland," Frederiksen warned. 



 

Meanwhile, Trump is not backing down. Speaking to reporters from the Oval Office, he confidently claimed that the people of Greenland want to be part of the US. "They're calling us, we're not calling them," Trump insisted.

But when pressed on whether Greenlanders were actually eager to become US citizens, he suddenly wasn’t so sure. "I don’t know, but I think we have to do it, and we have to convince them," he admitted, adding that the US needs Greenland "for national security and international security."

He also made it clear that he’s willing to push things as far as necessary. "So I think we’ll go as far as we have to go," Trump vowed. 

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