Obviously, the president has had some pretty tough words — I guess I have, too, pretty tough words for Europe — about the importance of opening their markets, but also the importance of doing more burden-sharing in defense.
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If there is a single most productive thing [from the trip], my hope is that it will be that the relationship between us and the Vatican leads to a lot fewer people getting killed and a lot less humanitarian disaster.
I hope it’s the beginning of a very good relationship, because I think he does care a lot about peace.
You can probably imagine that people in the United States are extremely excited about you.
My attitude is, if I do end up running in 2028, I’m not entitled to it.
I definitely think the president has a lot of trust in me, and I’m honored by it, and I think it makes me a more effective vice president.
We talked a lot about what’s going on in Israel and Gaza. We talked a lot about the Russia-Ukraine situation.
'So, if you're willing to stop the killing, the United States is willing to be a partner for peace.'
'economic benefits to thawing relations between Russia and the rest of the world, but you're not going to get those benefits.'
We really do need to be honest about whether the former president was capable of doing the job.
In fewer than 100 days, this new administration has done so much damage and so much destruction.
This is serious stuff. This is a guy who carries around the nuclear football for the world's largest nuclear arsenal.
I blame him less than I blame the people around him. Why didn't the American people have a better sense of his health picture?
That's not politics. That's not because I disagreed with him on policy. That's because I don't think that he was in good enough health.






