Vice President J.D. Vance is speaking out in defense of President Donald Trump‘s tariffs — including his statements about children needing fewer toys — by arguing that Americans could benefit from using American-made weapons if “God forbid … your country goes to a war.”

During an interview with Fox News host Martha MacCallum on Thursday, May 8, Vance, 40, spoke out about Trump’s comments about his tariffs on goods from China, and said that Americans “need to become more self-reliant.”

“That’s not going to happen overnight, and it’s not always going to be easy,” Vance told MacCallum. “What I’d ask people is not whether they want two dolls or five dolls or 20 dolls for their kids. I’d ask American moms and dads, would you like to be able to go into a pharmacy and know that the drugs your kids need are actually available to you?”

“As an American parent, would you like to — God forbid, if your country goes to a war and your son or daughter is sent off to fight—would you like to know that the weapons that they have are good, American-made stuff, not made by a foreign adversary?” Vance continued.

J.D. Vance Justifies Tariffs by Promising Parents Their Kids Will Have American-Made Weapons if ‘God Forbid’ They Go to War

Trump recently issued a a 90-day pause on the tariffs for nearly all nations excluding China

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