There was only one right answer when Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) fielded a question by former President Donald Trump during a town hall Thursday night in Detroit.

ā€œHow brilliant is Donald J. Trump?ā€ the Republican nominee for president asked his running mate in a planned phone call during the town hall for undecided voters hosted by Chris Cuomo on NewsNation, as Mediaite reported.

After Vance, as well as the audience laughed, Cuomo interjected, ā€œTake your time, think about it.ā€

Vance’s answer? ā€œOf course.ā€

ā€œWell, first of all, sir, this is supposed to be undecided voters. I would hope that I have your vote, of all people,ā€ Vance said. ā€œBut here’s– first of all, sir, of course, you’re very brilliant. And we both agree. We both agree that it’s important to have smart people running the government.ā€

Vance continued to praise Trump for his ā€œability to relate to anybody in any environment.ā€

He added, ā€œThat’s the true brilliance of Donald J. Trump.ā€

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Trump expressed his gratitude for Vance’s answer then asked about Vice President Kamala Harris’ intellect.

ā€œThat’s very nice, and I appreciate it,ā€ Trump said. ā€œMaybe I’ll ask a second one. I watched, believe it or not, CNN last night. And in watching it, I watched the town hall with Kamala. Let me ask you for a second and it was not good. How brilliant is Kamala?ā€

That question was not so easily answered.

ā€œThat’s a very tough one, sir,ā€ Vance said. ā€œI’m supposed to say somethingā€“ā€

ā€œDon’t say it,ā€ Trump said.

Before ending the call, Trump claimed the Republican ticket is ā€œleading by a landslideā€ in the polls.