Kristen Welker from NBC asks JD Vance Point Blank if the Russians put on Trump along
Russia is “not at all” at the presidency of Trump, the vice-president JD Vance insisted for “Meet the press with Kristen Welker” of NBC in an interview published on Sunday.
Vance sat with Welker for a long interview and one of the first subjects covered by the NBC host was the current war in Ukraine.
“I had the opportunity to speak with the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs,” said Welker. “He said that at that time, there is no planned meeting between President Putin and President Zelensky, and he added that there should be an agenda saying” This program is not at all ready. “”
To this fact, Welker then asked Vance Point-Blank: “Did the Russians corrected President Trump?”
“No. Not at all. I think the Russians have made important concessions to President Trump for the first time in three and a half years of this conflict,” said Vance. “They were in fact willing to be flexible on some of their basic requests. They talked about what would be necessary to end the war. ”
Although he admitted that Russian officials “are not yet completely there”, he said that the United States “engaged in this diplomatic process in good faith” and “try to negotiate as much as possible with the Russians and the Ukrainians to find common ground to stop the murder”.
Vance continued: “I think what the president tried to do here is trying to engage in very aggressive and very energetic diplomacy because this war is in the interest of anyone. It is not in Europe or in the interest of the United States. We do not think it is in Russia or in the interest of Ukraine.
Despite the republican insistence on the contrary, the meeting of August 16 between Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin was largely considered a failure for the United States. “It is painfully clear that Trump does this to stimulate his image of hard to cook with his base. But it will be a challenge,” John Oliver told “last week”.
“Because it is a difficult sale for the man who was a friend with a child’s sexual trafficker, provoked this mess” – an image of the January 6 insurrection appeared on the screen at the moment – “and Friday, he was demolished by a bloody warlord, to convince the Americans that he kept them safe, when I say now.
As if his evaluation of Russia’s intentions was not sufficient, Vance also offered a kind of history lesson.
“If you look historically, whenever you have a complicated war with a lot of death and destruction, it goes in a way in adjustment. There are hills and valleys in negotiation,” said Vance.
“We sometimes have the impression that we have made great progress with the Russians, and sometimes, as the president said, he was very frustrated by the Russians. And we will continue to do what we have to do to put an end to this thing,” he added.
Vance notably admitted that the objective may not have stopped “murder” – but to make sure that the two countries find the “common ground”.
Watch the full interview “Meet the Press” in the video above.
