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{"id":27174,"date":"2026-09-17T10:04:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T10:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/jd-vance-faces-test-in-white-house-meeting-with-israel-backing-radio-host\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T10:04:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T10:04:48","slug":"jd-vance-faces-test-in-white-house-meeting-with-israel-backing-radio-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/jd-vance-faces-test-in-white-house-meeting-with-israel-backing-radio-host\/","title":{"rendered":"JD Vance faces test in White House meeting with Israel-backing radio host"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>NEW YORK \u2014 Vice President JD Vance will hit a key hurdle in his fence-mending effort with Jewish Republicans on Thursday when he hosts a popular conservative radio host at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>77 WABC host Sid Rosenberg, a longtime friend and ardent ally of President Donald Trump, has publicly attacked Vance for maintaining a friendship with Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News personality <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/04\/world-news\/israeli-un-ambassador-reveals-antisemitic-question-tucker-carlson-asked-him\/\" target=\"_blank\">accused of invoking antisemitic tropes<\/a> in criticizing Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Rosenberg, who\u2019s known for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/04\/nyregion\/muslim-mamdani-hate-speech.html\" target=\"_blank\">making inflammatory remarks<\/a>, has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/politics\/articles\/maga-radio-host-sid-rosenberg-134334974.html\" target=\"_blank\">taken aim at Vance<\/a> for what he sees as the vice president\u2019s lack of commitment to a \u201cstrong\u201d U.S. alliance with Israel.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview Wednesday with Blue Light News, Rosenberg said he plans to grill Vance in person about both Carlson and U.S. aid for Israel at a meeting he described as coming at Vance\u2019s request. And while he said the main purpose of Thursday\u2019s meeting is to get to know Vance, he noted that he\u2019ll raise his concerns to the vice president in the context of his most pressing political priority: His likely 2028 run for president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he really wants to win in \u201828, he has no choice but to, at the very least, distance himself from [Carlson] if not completely disavow him,\u201d Rosenberg said, adding that he believes the vice president \u201chas pissed off the Jews and many Trump supporters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Describing distrust of Vance in right-leaning Jewish communities as \u201ca big problem,\u201d Rosenberg said he\u2019ll ask the vice president to commit to steering clear of Carlson and continue significant U.S. support for Israel if elected president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope I can get some of those commitments. Do I think I can get it? I don\u2019t know,\u201d Rosenberg said. He added that he expects to meet with Trump in the Oval Office after his sit-down with Vance.<\/p>\n<p>As the front-runner for the Republican Party\u2019s 2028 presidential nomination, Vance\u2019s tense relationship with Israel\u2019s supporters in the GOP could become a serious liability. Major Republican donors have already said they would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/07\/13\/vance-israel-alienating-jewish-gop-donors-00994154\" target=\"_blank\">reluctant to financially boost Vance\u2019s presidential run<\/a> because of his views on Israel, a sharp departure from how Trump has held a commanding grip in that realm, thanks in large part to his alliance with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<p>In that light, Vance\u2019s meeting with Rosenberg \u2014 who has known Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/factbase\/trump\/transcript\/donald-trump-interview-bernie-sid-show-wabc-april-6-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\">since at least 2018<\/a> \u2014 takes on outsize significance. It also comes after Vance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/09\/01\/jd-vance-republican-jewish-coalition-01058782\" target=\"_blank\">extended an olive branch<\/a> earlier this month at the Republican Jewish Coalition\u2019s leadership summit in Las Vegas, where he voiced concern about antisemitic hate crimes and said working with Israel is \u201cin the best interest of the United States.\u201d Vance touched on Carlson at that summit as well, acknowledging that \u201cpeople in this room may disagree\u201d with things he\u2019s said, but the vice president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/09\/01\/jd-vance-antisemitisim-speech-las-vegas\" target=\"_blank\">avoided discussing his relationship with him<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Just days after that appearance, however, Vance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/jd-vance-us-israel-middle-east-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\">ignited criticism<\/a> from pro-Israel Republicans again by saying in a speech that the U.S. cannot allow its Middle East policy approach to be \u201csubservient to the State of Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked about Rosenberg\u2019s comments ahead of their White House meeting, a Vance spokesperson said Wednesday that the vice president would be meeting with the radio host after they didn&#8217;t meet in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Vice President was unfortunately not able to meet with him in Las Vegas during the RJC Leadership Summit, and of course wanted to make time to meet with him in Washington,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>Rosenberg, a former sports commentator who now runs his own political radio show \u201cSid &amp; Friends in the Morning\u201d in New York City, confirmed Vance\u2019s team asked for Thursday\u2019s meeting. And despite his concerns about Vance\u2019s Israel posture, he called the vice president an \u201caffable\u201d and \u201csmart\u201d person who\u2019s \u201ccapable of the job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, Rosenberg made clear he doesn\u2019t view Vance as the strongest Republican contender for president in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s not my first choice. I\u2019m a Marco guy,\u201d Rosenberg said, referring to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who\u2019s also rumored as a possible 2028 candidate. \u201cIf it turns out Marco doesn\u2019t run, and JD wins the primary, in the end, if JD is the last man standing, I will support him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rosenberg\u2019s influence remains mostly limited to the relatively small world of Republican politics in deep-blue New York. Still, his friendship with Trump has elevated him as a voice on the right, even as he\u2019s attracted his share of controversy.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Rosenberg called Zohran Mamdani, New York City\u2019s first Muslim mayor, an \u201cAmerica hating, Jew hating, Radical Islam cockroach&#8221; while voicing displeasure with Trump\u2019s surprisingly cordial interactions with Mamdani. After drawing intense pushback from voices across the aisle, Rosenberg apologized to Mamdani for the harsh remark, saying it was a \u201cbit over the top\u201d and admitting it\u2019s \u201cnot nice to call somebody a bug.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rosenberg also came under intense fire earlier this year for calling Mamdani \u201ca terrorist\u201d \u2014 and apologized for that remark too. But he later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/2110272079554063\" target=\"_blank\">retracted that apology<\/a>, saying he was \u201cexactly right\u201d to use the term.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>With additional reporting by Alex Gangitano<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK \u2014 Vice President JD Vance will hit a key hurdle in his fence-mending effort with Jewish Republicans on Thursday when he hosts a popular conservative radio host at the White House. 77 WABC host Sid Rosenberg, a longtime friend and ardent ally of President Donald Trump, has publicly attacked Vance for maintaining a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27174\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}