JD Vance AI memes flood Pakistan after his visit to Islamabad for Iran peace talks: ‘This is how we do soft power’

ISLAMABAD — Vice President JD Vance has a new base of fans — in Pakistan.

Since swooping in to Islamabad to head peace talks with Tehran last weekend, Vance has been “spotted” at local restaurants, bazaars, mosques and tourist destinations across the capital city — with a little help from AI.

“Trading the podium for a piyala,” joked tea shop Chai Theory, referring to a photo of the small, ceramic bowls used to drink tea across Central Asia — that included a generated image of the vice president, a constant theme of viral memes in the US, appearing at the local Pakistani business.

In another post, Vance, who famously dressed as his meme-ified self for Halloween last year, is pictured digging into a huge slice of “legendary anda paratha” — a popular breakfast food — at