Does Vance differentiate himself from Trump? “I neither support nor oppose Netanyahu.”

Vice President JD Vance, the second-in-command in the Donald Trump administration, appears to differentiate himself from President Trump in major U.S. domestic and foreign policies.

According to 2 Way, an American political online media outlet, on the 20th (local time), Vice President Vance said in an interview with Mark Halperin, a journalist who runs this media outlet, that he was "neither opposed to supporting nor supporting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu."

"I support American candidates, and that's what I'm focused on in the midterm elections," Vance said. "I will not get involved in the Israeli election."

Prime Minister Netanyahu is facing a strong challenge from opposition leaders ahead of the general election on the 27th. On the 18th, President Trump declared his support for Prime Minister Netanyahu, calling him a “great warrior.” Vice President Vance's comments are far from President Trump's remarks.

Vice President Vance has taken a different approach from President Trump on Israel and Middle East issues. He is known to have taken the position that the United States should not be dragged around by Israel's Middle East policy, and to have opposed Prime Minister Netanyahu's call for war against Iran.

Accordingly, Vice President Vance's latest interview is in the context of reaffirming the foreign policy line he pursues, but it can also be read as suggesting a differentiated course of action from President Trump after the midterm elections next month.

Vice President Vance also showed a relatively moderate attitude toward immigration policy in a Washington Post interview last March, arguing that "a certain balance should be maintained both rhetorically and strategically."

Vice President Vance, along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, are considered the likely next presidential candidates for the Republican Party. Vice President Vance, now 41 years old, said in a CBS interview on the 6th, "I will discuss it with my wife after the midterm elections" about whether to run for president.

In the U.S. political world, there are observations that if the Republican Party suffers a crushing defeat in the midterm elections, the direction of its presidential election strategy will have no choice but to be determined within the party based on distancing itself from President Trump.

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that Vice President Vance "showed differences of opinion with President Trump" on the issue of support for Prime Minister Netanyahu and that "Vice President Vance is campaigning in support of Republican candidates in the midterm elections, but unlike President Trump, he is refraining from declaring personal support for the candidates."