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Social media users quickly corrected the record after the Wall Street Journal appeared to grossly distort comments Vice President JD Vance made regarding Ukraine and Russia during a recent interview.On Friday, Bojan Pancevski and Alexander Ward of the WSJ published an article based on an exclusive interview with Vance. The headline for the article — "Vance Wields Threat of Sanctions, Military Action to Push Putin Into Ukraine Deal" — has drawn severe criticism online.'As we've always said, American troops should never be put into harm's way where it doesn’t advance American interests and security.'William Martin, the communications director for the vice president, immediately tweeted out screenshots of a transcript of the interview, revealing that the headline did not accurately reflect Vance's statements.According to the screenshots, Vance admitted that President Donald Trump has an array of "instruments of pressure" he can use to convince President Vladimir Putin to abide by any agreement reached with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Among them are "economic" and "military tools of leverage."Vance also reiterated that whenever President Donald Trump walks into a negotiation, "everything is on the table."However, the vice president did not threaten sanctions or military action. Instead, he simply declined to eliminate any possible leverage Trump could use as he works to bring peace to the region.There is also little chance that the interviewer misunderstood Vance's point. A screenshot of the transcript showed that the interviewer asked a follow-up question to "make sure": "So just want to make sure I understand you correctly. You're saying that even though the possibility of a Ukraine NATO accession at the end of this process, or even the presence of U.S. troops in Ukraine is not officially off the table?"Trump "wants to have a productive negotiation, both with Putin and with [Zelenskyy]," Vance told the WSJ, even as he "doesn't like the idea of moving Ukraine into NATO."Martin claimed that the framing from the WSJ was "fake news.""This is pure fake news. Compare the transcript of @JDVance's conversation with WSJ to the headline being run here. The Vice President didn’t make any threats. He simply stated the fact that no one is going to take options away from President Trump as these negotiations begin," he wrote.According to a post from Libs of TikTok, the WSJ article was even slapped with a community note denying the accuracy of the headline, but as of early Friday afternoon, no such community note is currently attached to the WSJ post.'Such liars. That’s not at all what VP Vance said.'Vance reacted to the WSJ headline by quote-tweeting Republican strategist Andrew Surabian, who called the headline "one of the most intentionally dishonest things I've seen in a long time" and likened the WSJ to the Huffington Post. Vance did not mention anything about the headline or the WSJ in his message. Rather, he reiterated the administration's stance on the Ukraine-Russia war:President Trump is the ultimate deal maker and will bring peace to the region by ending the war in Ukraine. As we've always said, American troops should never be put into harm's way where it doesn’t advance American interests and security. This war is between Russia and Ukraine.Other social media users have also excoriated the WSJ for the misleading headline: "Who wrote this headline? Whoever it was didn't read the article because J.D. said nothing like that," said Brick Suit, an eccentric figure frequently spotted wearing a brick-patterned ensemble at Trump campaign rallies."Such liars. That’s not at all what VP Vance said," said a user called Queen Isabel."No one takes you seriously anymore. You’ve lied, yet again. You are just a bunch of partisan hacks, and the people who buy your bs are just as bad. Keep it up, you’re sending yourselves into an irrelevant oblivion," came another popular response.In an era in which news is regularly aggregated by other outlets, such a specious headline can have far-reaching implications. For instance, the New York Post similarly adopted the WSJ framing, writing up an article entitled "JD Vance threatens Russia with sanctions, possible military action if Putin doesn’t agree to end Ukraine war."Pancevski, Ward, and Victor Nava, author of the Post article, did not respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Once upon a time, Trump derangement syndrome was the most diagnosed ailment among the Democrat Party. Now that Elon Musk and the DOGE have begun making budget cuts, Democrats seem to also be developing EDS — Elon derangement syndrome. In the first DOGE subcommittee meeting, Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) was faced with those newly suffering from the disorder. “I find it ironic of course that our chairwoman, Congresswoman Greene, is in charge of running this committee,” Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) commented during the meeting. “In the last Congress, Chairwoman Greene literally showed a d**k pic in our Oversight congressional hearing, so I thought I’d bring one as well.” Garcia then held up a photo of Elon Musk. “Now, this of course, we know, is President Elon Musk. He’s also the world’s richest man. He was the biggest political donor in the last election,” Garcia said, smug as ever. Sara Gonzales of “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered” is having a hard time stifling her laughter. “They keep trying to name him as president, thinking that’s going to be a thing. They’re like, ‘Oh we got him, we’re just saying that he’s running the country,’ as if the president has never had the power to delegate responsibility,” Gonzales mocks. “It’s just the funniest thing to me, they’re just absolutely pathetic. I mean, do they think that it’s a winning strategy to go against the guy that is saving the taxpayer money? It’s so crazy to me that they think that this is going to be the optics of that,” she continues. “To me, the richest man in the world is obviously going to be good with money,” she adds. “So I’d rather him be good with my money.” Want more from Sara Gonzales?To enjoy more of Sara's no-holds-barred take to news and culture, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina filed a motion to censure a Democratic representative over comments he made that appeared to call for violence against Elon Musk. Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia of California insulted Musk during a House subcommittee hearing about the president's Department of Government Efficiency. He later made the questionable comments while defending his criticism against Musk's actions to reduce the size of government. 'We have NO CHOICE but to rein them in. We’re introducing a motion to censure him.' Musk has been tasked by President Donald Trump to root out inefficiency and waste in government spending. Democrats have criticized the effort by claiming that the executive does not have constitutional authority to roll back departments and policies that have been implement by Congress. During the hearing, Garcia said that he was going to show a "d*** pic" to the committee — and then unveiled a photograph of Musk. Later when defending the stunt on CNN, the congressman went further and called for the use of "actual weapons" in the fight against Musk and the DOGE. "I think [Musk is] also harming the American public in an enormous way," Garcia said on CNN. "And what I think is really important and what the American public want is for us to bring actual weapons to this bar fight. This is an actual fight for democracy, for the future of this country."Mace said that she aimed to make an example out of Garcia in order to warn others about calling for political violence. "How many more times will Democrats incite violence against [the president] or Republicans on national television? We have NO CHOICE but to rein them in. We’re introducing a motion to censure him," she said on social media. "The Left is officially out of control." Garcia responded on social media by asking, "Have you never heard of a figure of speech?" and called Mace a hypocrite for comments she made against another Democrat. "Rep Nancy Mace just filed a resolution to censure me because she’s big mad that I called Elon a d*** and that I said Democrats should treat this moment like a bar fight. Yeah, these stunts are not going to silence me. The hypocrisy is INSANE," he added. Garcia is an immigrant who was brought into the U.S. by his parents from Lima, Peru. He's also an LGBTQ member and was sworn into Congress with his hand on a Superman comic book. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

President Donald Trump has an eyebrow-raising new decoration in the White House — a framed photo of his iconic mug shot. Several eagle-eyed people spotted the mug shot in a photo posted Thursday on social media by Margo Martin – special assistant to President Trump and communications adviser.'The mug shot is the best ever.'The photo was taken from inside the Oval Office during President Trump's meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday. Trump's viral mug shot is proudly hung just outside of the Oval Office in a hallway that leads to the Cabinet Room.World leaders and other politicians visiting the president at the Oval Office can see the ornate gold frame with an issue of the New York Post featuring Trump's mug shot from 2023. Trump's iconic mug shot is set near portraits of America's greatest presidents such as George Washington and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty ImagesDan Scavino — Trump's White House deputy chief of staff — posted a video on the X social media platform spotlighting the memorable photo.Scavino captioned the video: "HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! WELCOME TO THE BEAUTIFUL OVAL OFFICE."The framed mug shot has been there since at least Feb. 4, when Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Jabin Botsford /The Washington Post via Getty ImagesTrump's defiant mug shot was taken in August 2023 when he was arrested and booked at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia. Trump was arrested on charges that he illegally attempted to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia.In the booking photo, Trump is glaring directly at the camera with furrowed eyebrows. Instead of being ashamed of the mug shot, Trump embraced the indictments against him as a "badge of courage." Trump said in June 2023, "I consider it a great badge of courage. I'm being indicted for you, and I believe the 'you' is more than 200 million people that love our country that are out there, and they love our country. This is a continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time."In a roundtable with black voters last June, Trump said, "The mug shot is the best ever — it just beat Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra by a lot. That's the No. 1 mug shot of all time. It's really an amazing thing. Since it happened, the support among the black community and Hispanic community has skyrocketed."In August 2023, Donald Trump Jr. said his father's booking photo is "going to be the most iconic photo in the history of U.S. politics, if not perhaps the history of the United States. I'm not worried about that one at all."The Trump campaign utilized the booking photo to energize his base. The Trump campaign also capitalized on the mug shot by selling merchandise with his booking photo on it to fundraise. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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