The Wall Street Journal appeared to misrepresent Vice President J.D. Vance’s words in headlines Friday. He suggested that Russia posed a threat to use military and economic forces to agree to a deal that would end the ongoing war in Ukraine.
WSJ interviewed Vance on Friday piece On the ongoing efforts to end the Russian-Ukraine war, he cited the headline: “Vance will stake military action to push Putin into the Ukrainian trade, threat of sanctions.” But the Vice President did not explicitly threaten Russia with military action or sanctions, and instead, as President Donald Trump is trying to negotiate an end to the war, all options have been placed on President Donald Trump’s table. He said he generally stated that there is. Vance staff. (Related: Check out the Corporate Media Outlet that Roughly Taxpayer Cash)
President Trump is the ultimate contract maker and will bring peace to the region by ending the war in Ukraine. As we always said, the US military should not harm places that do not advance American interests and security. This war is between Russia and Ukraine. https://t.co/8cdplksay7
– jd vance (@jdvance) February 14, 2025
“Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not agree to a peace agreement with Ukraine that guarantees Kiev’s long-term independence, the US will strike Moscow with sanctions and potentially military action. “The story said.” a Tweet “Vance has pledged to strike Russia with sanctions and potentially military action if Putin does not agree to a peace agreement that guarantees Ukraine’s independence.”
Vance’s communications director William Martin accused WSJ of running “Pure Fake News” and provided an image of the relevant portion of the interview transcript on Friday post To x.
“The Vice President poses no threat. He simply stated the fact that no one would take away any options from President Trump when these negotiations begin,” Martin wrote.
The section of transcripts shared by Martin shows that Vance did not issue as powerful statements as WSJ produced.
The fact that WSJ twisted my words the way they did for this story is ridiculous, but they have been around for so many years that more American sons and daughters are unnecessarily deployed overseas It’s not surprising given the push that it was over.
– jd vance (@jdvance) February 14, 2025
“Do you have any sense of what Putin’s stick is? That is, obviously, any kind of deal should either have an implicit threat that needs to stick to this or sign a dotted line. It should involve the implicit threat. Is there any pressure you think?” The WSJ asked Vance, according to the transcript shared by Martin.
“I certainly look there and there’s a tool of pressure. Absolutely, and if you look at President Trump’s approach to this, the range of options is very broad and there’s an economic tool of leverage. . A military tool for leverage, of course. There’s a lot we can do. But basically, I think the president wants to negotiate productively with both Putin and Zelensky,” Vance added. He spoke accordingly.
The WSJ also asked Vance to clarify the options being considered, asking whether Ukraine, in particular, has been excluded from participating in the US troops deployed in Ukraine and Ukraine.
“I think the President is very clear that he doesn’t like the idea of moving Ukraine to NATO. He was very clear about it. And the President said that when he was negotiating, I think it’s very clear whenever it’s all on the table,” Vance said.
A representative of the WSJ did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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