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Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance were spotted at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Milan, Italy, at San Siro on Friday night.

The Milan Cortina Olympics were officially opening with a ceremony celebrating the history and culture of the country. The vice president and Usha Vance were seated near Italian President Sergio Mattarella and International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry were introduced in the stadium. Former IOC president Thomas Bach was also seated near them.

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JD Vance and his wife Usha applaud at the start of the Olympic opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

The NBC broadcast briefly showed the Vances clapping for Mattarella and Coventry.

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Vance was among those leading the American contingent to the Olympic Games in Italy this year. He was spotted with Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the U.S. women’s ice hockey game against the Czech Republic on Thursday. The Americans won the game, 5-1.

It was a part of a busy trip for Vance.

JD Vance pictured at the opening ceremony

Vice President JD Vance, center, attends the Olympic opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026.  (Andreas Rentz/Pool Photo via AP)

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On Friday, he started his day at the Milano Ice Skating Arena, watching the opening session of the three-day team figure skating competition with Rubio and his family. He then headed to the Prefettura di Milano for a bilateral meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

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“In the spirit of the Olympics friendship, competition — competition based on rules — and just coming together around shared values, we’re very, very thrilled to be here, and we’ll have a great conversation about number of topics,” Vance told Meloni as the press corps looked on.

JD Vance and Usha Vance at a figure skating arena

Vice President JD Vance, center, and his wife Usha Vance attend the figure skating ice dance team event at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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He said he had been excited to go to the Olympics in Milan “pretty much since I became vice president.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Trump posts video of Laura Loomer asking Jake Tapper to apologize claiming “fake news at CNN” led to the president’s attempted assassination

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President Donald Trump has shared a video of activist Laura Loomer asking CNN lead anchor Jake Tapper to apologize. Loomer claimed that fake news via CNN led to his attempted assassination.

On February 6, Donald Trump shared the video of Laura Loomer questioning CNN’s Washington lead anchor, Jake Tapper. The post did not include any caption. In the video, Loomer was seen saying:

“Have some courage for once, apologize for all of your fake news at CNN that has led to this intensive assassination of President Trump. Jake, shameful behavior from CNN. You guys have blood on your hands. You have blood on your hands.”

Loomer added:

“Jake, when are you going to apologize to the American people for lying about President Trump for years? When are you going to call out Joe Biden for saying that it’s time to put President Trump in a bullseye? Come on, you guys talking so much. Sh*tty.”

Loomer was seemingly referring to the two assassination attempts of the current President during the 2024 Presidential election promotions. In July 2024, the Republican president, who was then the Republican nominee, survived a shooting attempt in Pennsylvania. He was at the spot as part of a rally ahead of the elections. Two months later, in September 2024, Trump survived another assassination attempt while playing golf at his club in Florida.

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Laura Loomer defends Donald Trump after the President shares alleged racist video of the Obamas

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President Trump faced immense criticism after allegedly sharing a controversial clip where multiple US leaders were depicted as animals. The 62-second clip featured former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michele Obama as monkeys. The video, shared on February 6 through the President’s official handle on TruthSocial, faced major backlash for being allegedly racist towards the Obamas.

The video was later removed from the account. A staff member from the White House mentioned that the video was “erroneously” shared from the account. Further, multiple Republican leaders also demanded that Trump apologize for the video, including Senator Tim Scott, who is a Black man.

Speaking about the video, Laura Loomer staunchly defended the President, claiming he did “nothing wrong.” In a February 6 post, Laura Loomer wrote:

“DONALD TRUMP DID NOTHING WRONG! @LoomerUnleashed has the full video that features the Obamas as monkeys. Spoiler Alert: Every single Deep State official is featured as an animal in this full video because Washington DC is a ZOO! The fake news media and RINOs like @votetimscott are lying. They are deliberately not showing you the full video because they want to pretend like Trump is racist against black people. The reality is, nobody has done more for black people than President Trump.”

DONALD TRUMP DID NOTHING WRONG! @LoomerUnleashed has the full video that features the Obamas as monkeys. Spoiler Alert: Every single Deep State official is featured as an animal in this full video because Washington DC is a ZOO! The fake news media and RINOs like

Further, Laura Loomer also claims the President does not write his own posts and his staff compose them for him. She wrote in another X post:

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“President Trump doesn’t post on his own social media accounts. His staff posts for him. He dictates the text on the long posts, and then they type it. For the memes and photos, those are posted by staff. I have spent enough time with President Trump to know he doesn’t type the posts himself.”


Barack and Michelle Obama have yet to comment on the video. President Trump has also not made any public statements about the same.