J. D. Vance actually said...

"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."

"Now, the good news is that I happen to think your democracies are substantially less brittle than many people apparently fear."

"If your democracy can be destroyed with a few hundred thousand dollars of digital advertising from a foreign country then it wasn't very strong to begin with."

"The threat that I worry the most about vis-à-vis Europe is not Russia. It’s not China. It’s not any external actor. What I worry about is the threat from within — the retreat of Europe from some of it..."