Vice President Vance is defending himself Tuesday after triggering a furious reaction for suggesting that a proposal to put European peacekeepers in Ukraine would not be enough to prevent Russia from invading again.
During an interview with Fox News, Vance said a better “security guarantee” for Ukraine was for Kyiv to sign a proposed critical minerals deal with Washington.
“If you want real security guarantees, if you want to actually ensure that Vladimir Putin does not invade Ukraine again, the very best security guarantee is to give Americans economic upside in the future of Ukraine,” Vance told Fox’s Sean Hannity, in an interview broadcast Monday night. “That is a way better security guarantee than 20,000 troops from some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years.”
Hope is not a strategy to bring peace to Ukraine.
— JD Vance (@JDVance) March 4, 2025
The only person in town who seems to have a strategy is President Donald J. Trump. pic.twitter.com/Tuitz2ZJ8R