JD Vance hasn’t exactly hidden his hostility to Ukraine. After spending much of the year positioning himself as Trumpworld’s foreign policy philosopher, the vice president is now on the defensive following fierce backlash from within his own party to a plan, backed by the administration, to end Russia’s war of aggression as it approaches its fourth year.

Following days of talks with the Ukrainians in Switzerland, and hush-hush meetings in Abu Dhabi with the Russians, several Republicans on Capitol Hill found themselves confused, if not openly critical. When the plan leaked last week, it was largely panned, including by Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., who chairs the Senate Armed Services committee, as favoring Russians too heavily.

The proposal calls for Ukraine to significantly reduce the si

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