Commenting on a telephone conversation planned for Monday between the presidents of the US and Russia, Vance emphasized that Donald Trump was expecting specific effects. “President Trump wants results,” he noted. He added that the conversation is to check, “whether Putin is seriously approaching peace negotiations.”
“Yes, he (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 the president talks to him on the phone” – Vance told journalists on board Air Force Two on the way from Rome, where he met Pope Leon XIV.
- Donald Trump gets impatient. “Probably it is twisted again”
Vance: Putin redesigned the economy to war mode
According to the Vice President, one of the key problems is to lose the Russian leader: “I think honestly 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 weapons. He redesigned his entire economy – what once was plants producing products for people for civil use, now produces tanks, artillery missiles and drones. guessing, but I think the president would agree that Part of this problem is that it is not known whether Vladimir Putin has a strategy on how to end the war. “
- A sharp criticism of the US president. “Donald Trump lies when he says he wants peace”
“It's not our war”
In his opinion, on the road to the room is also “fundamental distrust between Russia and the West”, which he and President Trump consider “stupid”.
“We should be able to go beyond the mistakes made in the past. But you need two to tang. And he added: “This is not our war. We'll 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.”
Vance also referred to the meeting with the new Pope, expressing the belief that Leon XIV will be a “strong advocate of peace”, which can create a basis for strengthening US cooperation with the Vatican.
The vice president also denied reports that his decision to resign from a visit to Israel was a form of protest against plans to expand the offensive in the Gaza Strip. As he noted, he actually considered the journey, but ultimately he gave it up for “personal and logistic reasons”, explaining that he had no one to leave the children with.
Trump's conversation with Putin was scheduled for 4pm of Polish time, and another one is to take place next after it – with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelnski.
