Vance fights back against media bias
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Vice President JD Vance and his communications director pushed back on Friday after the Wall Street Journal published what they called a misrepresentation of Vance’s comments regarding the war between Russia and Ukraine.
The WSJ article suggested that Vance had issued a direct threat to Russia, implying that he was using the prospect of U.S. military intervention to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin into agreeing to a peace deal.
“Vance Wields Threat of Sanctions, Military Action to Push Putin Into Ukraine Deal,” the headline stated. A social media post promoting the article struck a similar chord: “Exclusive: Vance pledged to hit Russia with sanctions and potentially military action if Putin won’t agree to a peace deal that guarantees Ukraine’s independence.”
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William Martin, Vance’s communications director, quickly responded with a firm denial, sharing the actual transcript of the vice president’s remarks:
“This is pure fake news. Compare the transcript of @JDVance’s conversation with WSJ to the headline being run here. The Vice President didn’t make any threats. He simply stated the fact that no one is going to take options away from President Trump as these negotiations begin.”
During the interview, Vance was asked about potential strategies the White House might use to push Putin toward ending the war. He made it clear that President Donald Trump was willing to consider a broad array of options but was not committing to any course of action before negotiations.
“I think certainly, look, there are instruments of pressure, absolutely. And again, if you look at President Trump’s approach to this, the range of options is extremely broad, and there are economic tools of leverage. There [are], of course, military tools of leverage. There’s a whole host of things that we can do. But fundamentally, I think the president wants to have a productive negotiation, both with Putin and with Zelensky,” Vance explained.
When pressed further on whether NATO membership for Ukraine or U.S. troop deployments were still under consideration, Vance reiterated Trump’s stance.
“I think the President has been very clear that he doesn’t like the idea of moving Ukraine in[to] NATO. He’s been very clear about that. I also think the president is very clear that whenever he walks [into] a negotiation, everything is on the table.”
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Russia invaded Ukraine because Biden suggested that it could become a member of NATO. Putin feared having NATO on its door step. Trump is saying that Ukraine will remain neutral and giving Putin a path to walk back his troops in Ukraine.
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