In this way, Vance commented on a telephone conversation between the leaders of the US and Russia, which began on Monday after 16 Polish time. He emphasized that President Trump “wants the results” and the conversation is to check if Putin is seriously approaching peace negotiations.
– Yes, Putin made some concessions. He took some serious steps in these conversations, but we feel that we are at the point where we are heading towards the impasse, and therefore President Trump talks to him on the phone – said Vance on the Air Force Two aircraft before departure from Rome, where he met Pope Leon XIV.
The vice president assessed that Putin's attitude is one of the obstacles on the road to the room, although he added that there are “many” these obstacles.
– I honestly think that President Putin does not quite know how to get out of the war. If you think about it, he has a million people under arms. He redesigned his entire economy – what once was plants producing products for people for civil use, now he produces tank missiles, artillery shells and drones. And this is a bit of guessing, but I think President Trump would agreethat part of this problem is due to the fact that it is not known whether Vladimir Putin has a strategy on how to end the war – said Vance.
He also assessed that the obstacle is “fundamental distrust between Russia and the West”, which – according to Vance and Trump – is “stupid”.
JD Vance about the conversation of Putin-Trump. “You need two for tango”
– We should be able to go beyond the mistakes made in the past. But you need two for tango. I know that the president is willing to do it, but if Russia is not willing to do the same, then we will simply say that this is not our war, then the war of Joe Biden, it is Vladimir Putin's war – the politician declared. – This is not our war. We will try to end it, but if we can't finish it, we'll finally say: you know what? It was worth a try, but we won't do it anymore He added.
Commenting on the conversation with the new Pope, Vance expressed the view that he would be a strong advocate for peace, which opens a field for cooperation between the USA and the Holy See.
The vice president also referred to reports that He gave up a trip to Israel in protest against Israeli plans to expand the offensive in the Gaza Strip. As he announced, he considered a visit to Israel, but eventually he gave them up for personal and logistics reasons. He argued that he had nobody to leave the children with for such a long time.
