Jake Paul, the boxer and YouTuber with 28 million subscribers, has been unable to fight or even train since Anthony Joshua broke his jaw in their bout last December. Yet the injury has done little to slow him down. The American is actively negotiating a comeback fight against Tommy Fury, the British boxer who beat him in 2023, though his attention has now drifted well beyond the ring. In Washington, Paul met US vice-president JD Vance at the Pentagon, a visit that drew fierce public criticism. He hit back aggressively on social media, insisting that nobody has ever built a country by tapping away on Twitter. Having openly backed Donald Trump in the 2024 election and earned the president's full endorsement, Paul now appears to be eyeing a political career, pressing on towards the upper echelons of power despite the mounting backlash.