Let it never be said that Vice President JD Vance doesn't know how to troll the left — particularly the media — as well as anyone.
After all, he is the apprentice to the best in the business. Not since Obi-Wan Kenobi handed Luke Skywalker a lightsaber has there been a more outstanding master-student pairing.
As Twitchy reported earlier, President Trump showed up at the UN General Assembly today with some hilarious snark directed at CNN and Kaitlin Collins.
🔥 LMAO! President Trump arrived at the United Nations and IMMEDIATELY started clowning on CNN and Kaitlan Collins
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 22, 2026
"I'm surprised that CNN is here covering me! You shouldn't be here. You should not be here covering me! You said you weren't going to cover me! You shouldn't be… pic.twitter.com/aZCtzJHyuD
HA! As Michael Scott would say, "BOOM ... roasted!"
But the young Padawan Vance was not going to let himself be outdone by the old man.
Appearing in the White House to talk about the work of his Anti-Fraud Task Force, Vance dropped a photon torpedo-level zinger on CNN and Politico — neither outlet, of course, being in the room after the President gave them the heave-ho and revoked their "reporters'" press passes.
🔥 LMFAO!! JD Vance just trolled the CRAP out of the fake news: "I have notes here that I'm supposed to take questions from CNN and POLITICO..."
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 22, 2026
"...anybody from CNN or POLITICO here? No? Alright!"
Dr. Oz is losing it in the back 🤣🤣
That's how you do it. JD is EMBRACING the… pic.twitter.com/dsStrProDi
This wasn't the first time this week that Vance took on the lying legacy media. Yesterday, he broke out the puppets and crayons to explain that no media outlets are banned from covering the White House. They merely no longer have special access and privileges.
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But, as Dr. Oz's reaction to Vance's joke can attest, this was definitely Vance's funniest retort to media outlets that hate him and his boss.
This Administration is awesome at trolling. https://t.co/UjmXDjejba
— GlammaSooz (@GlammaSooz) September 22, 2026
And there couldn't possibly be a more deserving target.
Lest anyone forget, the legacy media wasn't any more honest in covering Vance during the 2024 campaign than they have been in covering Trump for the past decade.
Here's a look back at how some of the self-proclaimed "news organizations" covered VP candidate JD Vance versus how they covered VP candidate Tim Walz.
— MAZE (@mazemoore) September 22, 2026
See if you can spot the difference. pic.twitter.com/K4w9Ys7NYK
LOL.
We're not sure which is more embarrassing: their fawning over the cringeworthy Tim Walz, or their laziness in repeating all the same phrases to describe both Walz and Vance.
Too bad @VP didn't have a fake flash card like Biden would get with the name, picture of alleged journalist he was suppose to call on, and the answer to the question he'd be asked.
— Proud Deplorable Ultra MAGA (@LoriBlaney) September 22, 2026
Ooh, that would have been the chef's kiss.
Why not troll former (alleged) President Biden while he's at it? Not to mention the humiliating way the legacy media covered up for his mental decline for four years.
@CNN & @politico are a laughingstock and the American people think you're pathetic
— PoliticalOrdure (@PoliticalOrdure) September 22, 2026
No lie detected.
They’re free to report from the curb. pic.twitter.com/AdnrCV65vG
— Nate k 🇺🇸 (@thenate36) September 22, 2026
Trump can even lend them the back of his garbage truck for an even better setting for their "reporting."
Lmao 😂 Dr Oz has me ☠️😂
— Suzy Lee (@AlbingerSusan) September 22, 2026
That was our favorite part, too.
OMG! That was savage. Love him. 😂😂😂
— Kate (@kate_p45) September 22, 2026
Absolute masterclass in trolling. Calling out the empty seats and leaving the narrative-spinners talking to themselves is top-tier entertainment! 🤣
— Save Act Action (@SaveActAction) September 22, 2026
Judging by their viewership, readership, and overall audience, CNN and Politico have been talking only to themselves for a long time.
Hilarious 😂😂 no fake news here!! 🤣 https://t.co/pPghhckqI1
— The American Patriot (@godknowsevrythn) September 22, 2026
On a more serious note, Vance's joke takes on even more importance when we realize that no one in the legacy media, least of all CNN or Politico, is covering all of the fraud that the Vice President's task force has exposed since its inception.
But sure. They're just "honest journalists."
Uh-huh.
There's simply no way the legacy media is going to win this fight with Jedi Troll Masters like President Trump and Vice President Vance.
They're not even the evil Empire. They're more like Salacious Crumb, the little lizard creature who sat at Jabba the Hutt's feet.
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