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In first interview as VP candidate, JD Vance explains why he called Trump 'America's Hitler'
Savannah Kuchar
USA TODAY
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JD Vance, the new GOP nominee for vice president, used his first interview since being named to the ticket to explain why he once called his running mate − Donald Trump − "America's Hitler."
Coinciding with President Joe Biden's highly anticipated NBC interview, Vance told Fox News he was initially wary of Trump in 2016.
"I go back and forth between thinking Trump is a cynical ####### like Nixon who wouldn't be that bad (and might even prove useful) or that he's America's Hitler," Vance wrote in a 2016 message to a friend.
Monday, the Ohio senator said he has changed his mind.
"I don't hide from that. I was certainly skeptical of Donald Trump in 2016, but President Trump was a great president and he changed my mind. I think he changed the minds of a lot of Americans," Vance told Fox's Sean Hannity in a friendly interview.