The Ohio Republican senator, rumored to be on the short list of possible running mates for President Donald J. Trump, spoke at the annual Munich Security Conference Sunday, defended Trump, and warned Europeans that even if the United States wanted to help Ukraine—and that is still up for debate—the United States cannot help Ukraine.
“I can’t speak for Donald Trump. I can speak for myself, and I think that he agrees with what I’m going to say, but I can’t speak for the former, and I think likely future president of the United States,” said Sen. James D. “J.D.” Vance (R.-Ohio), a Marine veteran of the Iraq War elected in 2022 to the upper chamber.
“Despite a lot of the hand wringing, and I’ve heard a lot of it in private meetings and public meetings, Donald Trump was maybe the best president at deterring Russia in a generation,” Vance said.
“The only time that…
