JD Vance made a schoolboy error visiting marines before his Greenland trip and was schooled into next year

JD Vance has been doing his bit for the US military, not this time by sharing classified information on a Signal Group chat but by visiting marines before his exciting day trip to Greenland.

Vance used to be a marine back in the day, so he has a rare glimmer of credibility in this respect.

JD Vance eats food at Marine Corps Base Quantico mess hall … pic.twitter.com/V9QOKVkKnu

— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) March 26, 2025

Except that credibility vanished in the blink of an eye when he committed a most unfortunate schoolboy error highlighted by those in the know which went wildly viral (editor’s note – ‘cover’ is his hat).

1.

pic.twitter.com/l3qcdzy45t
This boy was a Marine?

Why the hell is he still wearing his cover in the cookhouse‍♂️

He is just an absolute fuck up

— Shaun Pinner (@olddog100ua) March 27, 2025

2.

He bought the cap at the souvenir shop in Iraq, while photographing real soldiers, during his contract.

— El Patator (@PatatorEl1) March 27, 2025

3.

Remove that cover, boy. https://t.co/WhukMKq8In

— Jax Persists (@LadyJayPersists) March 27, 2025

4.

“I hope you don’t mind me wearing my lid at lunch. Lindsey says red makes a Smokey Eye pop”. https://t.co/7XkBZFSzjP

— Greta (@GretaGrace20) March 27, 2025

5.

I’m about 15 years removed from the military now and I still can’t bring myself to wear a hat indoors.

Also, some severe lack of self awareness here. Does he not see he’s the only one in the room being wrong?

— R. Lee Cushman (@RLeeCushman) March 27, 2025

6.

Pro tip: If you’re doing a photo op to show you’re a man’s man chopping it up with the boys, don’t have another dude pull your chair out for you. https://t.co/1u265CgUZs

— Michael Reynolds (@mreynoldsMLB) March 27, 2025