{"id":517,"date":"2026-04-17T04:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jakony.com\/frontpage\/?p=517"},"modified":"2026-04-17T04:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:10:10","slug":"administration-proudest-moment-is-abandoning-kyiv-vance-declares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jakony.com\/frontpage\/united-states\/administration-proudest-moment-is-abandoning-kyiv-vance-declares\/","title":{"rendered":"Administration Proudest Moment is Abandoning Kyiv, Vance Declares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong>(WASHINGTON) &#8211;<\/strong> United States Vice President James David Vance has declared that ending American funding for Ukraine represents one of the proudest achievements of the current administration. The statement was delivered during an appearance at a Turning Point USA event where attendance was notably sparse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Addressing the gathering, Vice President Vance stated unequivocally that stopping funding for Ukraine stands as one of the accomplishments of which he is most proud during his tenure in office. The remark was notable for what it omitted. The Vice President offered no comparable celebration of domestic policies or any initiatives aimed at improving the daily lives of American citizens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">The event itself took place at the Atkins Ford Arena, a venue capable of accommodating an estimated 20,000 attendees. Footage from the appearance indicated that the arena was filled to less than one quarter of its capacity, with only a few hundred people present for the Vice President&#8217;s remarks. The tickets for the event were distributed free of charge. The low turnout has been interpreted by political commentators as an indicator of waning public enthusiasm for the administration and its broader political movement within the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">The Vice President&#8217;s characterisation of the Ukraine funding suspension as a key achievement contrasts sharply with the position of European allies and bipartisan national security figures who have consistently warned that curtailing support for Kyiv risks emboldening Russian aggression and undermining broader Western security interests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">The administration&#8217;s focus on this issue as a point of pride, rather than on measurable improvements to American domestic conditions, points to a foreign policy orientation that is being made up on the go.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JD Vance is Most Proud of Stopping Funding for Ukraine\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/22nCMsXDuvo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(WASHINGTON) &#8211; United States Vice President James David Vance has declared that ending American funding for Ukraine represents one of the proudest achievements of the current administration. The statement was delivered during an appearance at a Turning Point USA event where attendance was notably sparse. Addressing the gathering, Vice President Vance stated unequivocally that stopping funding for Ukraine stands as one of the accomplishments of which he is most proud during his tenure in office. The remark was notable for what it omitted. The Vice President offered no comparable celebration of domestic policies or any initiatives aimed at improving the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","iawp_total_views":19,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-united-states","entry","rows"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":478,"url":"https:\/\/jakony.com\/frontpage\/united-states\/vance-declares-us-out-of-business-of-arming-ukraine\/","url_meta":{"origin":517,"position":0},"title":"Vance Declares US &#8220;Out of Business&#8221; of Arming Ukraine","author":"Beatrix Montgomery","date":"April 16, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"(WASHINGTON, DC) - US Vice President JD Vance has said the United States will no longer fund or supply weapons directly to Ukraine, marking a significant shift in Washington\u2019s approach to the war. 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