Vice President JD Vance has thrown cold water on the idea of the U.S. deploying nuclear weapons to Poland, all but ruling out a suggestion from Polish President Andrzej Duda. Appearing on The Ingraham Angle on Fox News, Vance said he hadn’t discussed the issue with President Donald Trump but would be “shocked” if his boss supported extending America’s nuclear arsenal further east. “We have got to be careful, Laura, we are playing literally with the lives of the future of human civilization,” he warned. Framing Trump as a “peace president,” Vance slammed former President Joe Biden for “sleepily walking us into a nuclear conflict” and claimed Trump would take a “totally different approach.” He also bashed Biden’s Ukraine policy, saying the administration’s strategy amounted to simply dumping weapons into the war zone. Duda has sparked debate over whether Poland, a NATO member, should host U.S. nukes to deter future Russian aggression. But Vance seemed to be clear that would not happen under Trump.
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