{"id":2425093,"date":"2025-04-18T13:08:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T17:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-optimistic-about-ukraine-war-ending-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T13:09:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T17:09:49","slug":"vance-optimistic-about-ukraine-war-ending-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-optimistic-about-ukraine-war-ending-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance &#8216;optimistic&#8217; about Ukraine war ending &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvance-optimistic-about-ukraine-war-ending-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2425093&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent statement, vice President JD Vance expressed optimism about the potential for peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. He mentioned that there are promising developments being discussed in private conversations, suggesting that the brutal conflict may soon come to an end. Vance made these remarks during a meeting with Italian Prime minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome.<\/p>\n<p>His <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-host-calls-trumps-recognition-of-pediatric-cancer-survivor-disgusting-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"MSNBC host calls ...\u2019s recognition of pediatric cancer survivor \u2018disgusting\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">comments contrasted sharply<\/a> with those of Secretary of State Marco Rubio,who cautioned that without significant progress in upcoming negotiations,President Donald Trump might reconsider the U.S.&#8217;s commitment to facilitating a peace deal. Rubio stressed the need for urgent developments in the peace process, indicating a timeline of mere days to determine the feasibility of an agreement.<\/p>\n<p>While in Italy, Vance also participated in discussions on trade between the U.S. and the European Union and is scheduled to meet with representatives from the Vatican. His family accompanied him on this trip, which will continue with a planned visit to India for meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Vance &lsquo;optimistic&rsquo; about Ukraine war ending as Rubio warns US could &lsquo;move on&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2095711\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">JD Vance<\/a> voiced confidence that the United States would be able to broker peace between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ukraine<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Russia<\/a>, even as others in the Trump administration express doubt that Russian President Vladimir Putin is serious about negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We think we have some interesting things to report on, of course, in private. So the negotiations, I won&rsquo;t prejudge them, but we do feel&nbsp;optimistic&nbsp;that we can hopefully bring this war, this very brutal war, to a close,&rdquo; Vance said as he met with Italian Prime Minister&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/giorgia-meloni\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Giorgia Meloni<\/a> on Friday in Rome, where he will spend Good Friday through Easter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3384370\/judge-limits-doge-access-social-security-records\/\">Judge hits DOGE with new limits on access to Social Security records<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3384385\/trump-extends-hiring-freeze-july\/\">Trump extends hiring freeze to July<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/3384295\/gsa-hud-headquarters-for-sale\/\">GSA puts HUD headquarters up for sale in part of administration&#8217;s push to downsize<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Vance&rsquo;s comments stand in contrast to those made just hours earlier by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who warned that if there aren&rsquo;t legitimate signs of progress in the coming days, President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3384264\/rubio-us-move-on-from-russia-ukraine-peace-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">could halt his efforts<\/a> to negotiate a peace deal.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3384264\/rubio-us-move-on-from-russia-ukraine-peace-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">RUBIO FLOATS IDEA THAT US WILL &lsquo;MOVE ON&rsquo; FROM RUSSIA-UKRAINE PEACE DEAL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re not going to continue with this endeavor for weeks and months on end,&rdquo; Rubio told reporters after meeting with Ukrainian and European officials in Paris, France. &ldquo;So we need to determine very quickly now, and I&rsquo;m talking about a matter of days, whether or not this is doable in the next few weeks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rubio also added that if a deal is not possible, &ldquo;then I think we&rsquo;re just going to move on.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Trump told reporters on Thursday that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3383796\/trump-claims-mineral-deal-ukraine-signed-next-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">long-delayed minerals deal<\/a> <\/a>will be signed next week, which could help on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ukrainian<\/a> side of negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>Meloni and Vance met in the Oval Office on Thursday, during which the prime minister and Trump discussed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3383724\/trump-meloni-optimism-us-eu-trade-deal-white-house-meetings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">negotiating a new trade deal<\/a> between the United States and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/european-union\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">European Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We think Italy can be a reliable and serious partner in Europe, in the Mediterranean, in the Mediterranean area, and so we are proud to have this special relation with U.S. and with this administration,&rdquo; Meloni said during the brief press conference in Rome.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday morning, Trump and Meloni also released a joint statement that reaffirmed the two nations&rsquo; cooperation on trade, Ukraine, and technology. Trump accepted Meloni&rsquo;s invitation to visit sometime in &ldquo;the very near future.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The U.S. and Italy underscore that the war&nbsp;in Ukraine must end, and fully endorse President Trump&rsquo;s leadership in brokering a ceasefire and delivering a just and lasting peace,&rdquo; the statement said. <\/p>\n<p>While in Rome, Vance, a convert to Catholicism, is also meeting with the Vatican&rsquo;s secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, but he is not expected to meet with Pope Francis, whom he has feuded with over the Trump administration&rsquo;s immigration policies.<\/p>\n<p>Vance led the audience at the 20th National Catholic Prayer Breakfast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3333328\/vance-leads-prayer-pope-catholic-breakfast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">in prayer for the ailing pope<\/a> in February.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every day since I heard of Pope Francis&rsquo;s illness, I say a prayer for the Holy Father because while, yes, I was certainly surprised when he criticized our immigration policy in the way that he has, I also know that the pope, I believe that the pope is fundamentally a person who cares about the flock of Christians under his leadership,&rdquo; Vance said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: ...Pipeline... to Obama Admin Seen as ...Currency...\">vice president<\/a> is in Italy with second lady Usha&nbsp;Vance&nbsp;and their children Ewan, Vivek, and Mirabel. He is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3383161\/trump-vance-italy-india-one-two-punch-abroad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">set to visit India<\/a>, where he will meet with&nbsp;Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2095711\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2095711\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vance is hopeful about ending the Ukraine war, while Rubio warns US may &#8220;move on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2425096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/JD-Vance-and-Italian-Prime-Minister-Giorgia-Meloni-.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[52262,6991,15469,50434],"class_list":["post-2425093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-optimism-2","tag-ukraine","tag-vance","tag-war-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/JD-Vance-and-Italian-Prime-Minister-Giorgia-Meloni-.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2425093"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2425098,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425093\/revisions\/2425098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2425096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2425093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2425093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2425093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}