Vance Hits Back At Media (Military Action) As His Meeting With Zelensky Begins
ZH (Update): Just before going into his scheduled meeting with Ukraine’s President Zelensky, Vice President J.D. Vance has pushed back against the international headlines which claimed he threatened military action against Russia if it doesn’t take a deal to end the war, based on a Friday published WSJ interview. Here’s what Vance clarified on X:
President Trump is the ultimate deal maker and will bring peace to the region by ending the war in Ukraine. As we’ve always said, American troops should never be put into harm’s way where it doesn’t advance American interests and security. This war is between Russia and Ukraine.
— JD Vance (@JDVance) February 14, 2025
As we noted below, this comes on the heels of Defense Secretary Hegseth also clarifying: “To be clear, as part of any security guarantee, there will not be US troops deployed to Ukraine,” he said.
It’s also clear that the US administration has laid out a stance that Europe must ultimately be responsible for Ukraine’s security.
Hence, Vance’s statement also assures that American “troops should never be put into harm’s way where it doesn’t advance American interests and security. This war is between Russia and Ukraine.”
Indeed, the WSJ made big assumptions and inferences, based on an aside in the interview, which was picked up internationally:
Trump is indeed seeking to disentangle American troops from foreign quagmires, most especially in eastern Europe, and not bog the Pentagon down further, as has been the mandate given by American voters.
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Now that Trump and Putin have agreed to organize a summit in hopes of fast-tracking Ukraine peace, each side is trying to build up leverage going in, and that’s resulting in a return to some provocative and jingoistic threats.
Vice President JD Vance while at the Munich Security Conference warned that Washington could hit Russia with more sanctions and even use “military tools” on the table if it refuses to agree to a deal allowing Ukraine’s long-term independence. He issued the words to The Wall Street Journal, saying “There are economic tools of leverage, there are of course military tools of leverage.”
Arriving in Munich, via AP
“There are any number of formulations, of configurations, but we do care about Ukraine having sovereign independence,” the vice president continued.
This was the most hawkish warning yet issued by the Trump administration in the context of pressing for a final Ukraine negotiated settlement with Moscow. He further assured European allies that Trump will not go into talks with Putin with “blinders on” and that “He’s going to say, ‘Everything is on the table, let’s make a deal.”
Vance also said: “I think there is a deal that is going to come out of this that’s going to shock a lot of people.”
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