JD Vance defends Trump's approach to ending Ukraine war ahead of Zelensky meeting
WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance in a Friday speech defended President Trump’s foreign policy approach as a way of living out Catholic teachings on peace — hours before Ukrainian“When President Trump talks about the need to bring peace, whether it’s in Russia and Ukraine , whether it’s in the Middle East, we of course have to recognize that as a policy oriented towards saving lives and carrying out one of Christ’s most important commandments,” the vice president said in remarks at the...
Vance in his Friday address also championed Trump as a defender of Christian communities around the world through his commitment to religious liberty. “And that is, in my view, perhaps the most important way in which Donald Trump has been a defender of Christian rights all over the world is he has the foreign policy that is oriented towards peace.”Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meet at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S., September 27, 2024.
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