WSJ Mischaracterizes Vance Comments on Russia Ahead of Munich Security Conference

Breitbart ^ | 14 Feb 2025 | Oliver JJ Lane

[SoConPubbie]

President Trump is looking forward to a fundamentally productive negotiation with Russia’s Putin and Ukraine’s Zelensky, Vice President JD Vance has said, in comments mischaracterised by the Wall Street Journal as a threat of war.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is speaking at the Munich Security Conference — taking place just one day after what is said to have been a terror attack in the city — and meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky today. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal before these engagements, Vance communicated President Donald Trump’s determination to make a peace deal in Ukraine and the incentives on the table for Russia to cooperate.

The WSJ appears to have seriously mischaracterised the conversation as one fundamentally warlike in tone, but this was quickly dispelled on Friday morning as Vance’s team published transcripts from the actual interview demonstrating Trump’s position that while walking into a negotiation nobody would take options away from the President, peace is the priority.

Breitbart news understands the team around JD Vance is furious at the framing of the WSJ of his conversation with the paper.

[SoConPubbie]

Editor’s note 14/02/25: This story was amended to better reflect the remarks of VP JD Vance as revealed by his team after the WSJ article was published.

[LeonardFMason]

WSJ is as SWAMPY as it gets.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

The WSJ used to be one of the few sources of MSM news I could trust to actually provide news instead of left-wing editorials. That has gradually changed as Murdoch’s TDS has infected the place. I’m still paying for a subscription, but I’m not sure why anymore.

[Old West Conservative]

1st major mistake by 47.

Should never allow anyone in the administration to do a print interview w the legacy media.

[McGruff]

You just ruined alot of warmongers day.

[Eli Kopter]

I agree. They represent the old Guard.

[mac_truck]

1st major mistake by 47.

Post your "concerns" elsewhere.

[dragnet2]

[Old West Conservative]

LOL, look at you pretending to be intelligent!

[Old West Conservative]

Look at you, trying to pretend you’re clever!

[dp0622]

That’s ok, only an IDIOT would have believed he said what they said in that way.

Only an even BIGGER IDIOT would post it to FR :)

[dragnet2]

Look at you, trying to pretend you’re conservative.

Hey slick, where were all you so-called conservatives while the Communist’s left were looting the American taxpayers of hundreds of billions, trillions for decades?

???