Vice President JD Vance claimed World War II ended through negotiation while defending President Trump's diplomatic stance in the Russia-Ukraine war, prompting social media ridicule. World War II ended with Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender on May 8, 1945, and Japan's surrender in August after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, killed three and injured 23 by sending 16 bombs over nearly two decades and was arrested in 1996. President Trump falsely claimed a family connection to Kaczynski and made misleading statements about tariffs and the Great Depression, with several claims debunked by news outlets.
US Vice President JD Vance has faced widespread ridicule on social media after claiming in a televised interviewthat World War II ended through negotiation, while defending US President Donald Trump's diplomatic approach in the Russia-Ukraine war. "World War II ended with Germany and Japan's unconditional surrender, not negotiation," an account called "Republicans against Trump" posted on X,sharing a snippet of the Vance interview.
Trump's late uncle and the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, one of most infamous domestic terrorists known as the "Unabomber," killed three people and injured 23 others by sending explosive devices, primarily targeting scientists. He admitted to sending 16 bombs over nearly two decades. In July, Trump claimed at an event in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaniathat his late uncle John, a former MIT professor, had taught Kaczynski. However, Kaczynski attended Harvard and later the University of Michigan.
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