Everything JD Vance touches falls apart

The vice president is being widely mocked online (again) after fumbling the College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy

At a ceremony honoring the winners, theOhio State Buckeyes, JD Vance could be seen picking up the award only for it to collapse in his hands. Ohio State running back TreVeyon Henderson attempted to help lift the trophy, but was unable stop Vance from dropping the base, sparking gasps from the crowd.

Henderson and another player held onto the metal section of the trophy, narrowly preventing it from also falling, as Vance bent over to pick up the base and reattach it. Finally, he was able to get his photo op.

The trophy, designed by Pentagram and made by UAP Polich Tallix, features an actual-size football design made from 24k gold, bronze, and stainless steel, according to the College Football Playoff website. The metal trophy is 26.5 inches tall, and the bronze base with a black patina finish is 12 inches high, towering over three feet and weighing over 50 pounds.

The two sections can be detached, as the website explains, “the trophy and base are two integral but separate pieces, so the trophy may be lifted up independently when it is awarded each year following the national championship game.”

As if dropping the trophy wasn’t already enough, Vance, a graduate of Ohio State, joked afterwards in a post on X: “I didn’t want anyone after Ohio State to get the trophy so I decided to break it.”

Social media users quickly piled on Vance’s tweet, as well as other clips of his blunder that have been making their rounds online. Here are some of our favorite reactions — and of course, memes.