JD Vance says the main reason he’s attending the global AI summit is to have private conversations with world leaders ‘to help us diplomatically’ bring the Russia-Ukraine conflict to an end

US Vice President JD Vance during a news conference with US President Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, not pictured, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025.

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