Last week, he'd traveled to Paris, where he'd called for Europe to roll back its regulations on artificial intelligence, and then Munich, where he criticized the continent's commitment to democracy but didn’t mention Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance defended President Donald Trump's negotiations with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday, and said that an end to Russia-Ukraine conflict was near. "How are you going to end the war unless you're talking to Russia?

Vice President JD Vance commented on President Trump's desire to end the war in Ukraine, during remarks Thursday at CPAC (full speech here). CPAC: Where are we on the status of Russia-Ukraine, moving forward in terms of these negotiations bringing peace to this endless war?