By Diyar Guldogan
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Vice President JD Vance said Monday that giving Americans “economic upside” in the future of Ukraine will serve as the "very best" security guarantee.
"If you want real security guarantees, if you want to actually ensure that (Russian President) Vladimir Putin does not invade Ukraine again, the very best security guarantee is to give Americans economic upside in the future of Ukraine," Vance told Fox News.
"That is a way better security guarantee than 20,000 troops from some random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 or 40 years," he added.
US President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy engaged in a fiery Oval Office exchange on Friday in which Trump and Vance repeatedly berated Zelenskyy, alleging he is ungrateful for years of American military and economic aid for his war-ravaged nation.
Vance said Zelenskyy showed a "clear unwillingness to engage in the peace process that Trump has said is the policy of the American people.”
"That's the real breakdown," he added.