Vice President JD Vance was hit with a short, sharp history lesson after making what critics slammed as a “clueless” claim about world history in an interview that aired Sunday. Speaking with NBC’s Kristen Welker about efforts to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,

Vice President JD Vance on Sunday botched World War II history in an attempt to support the Trump administration’s stance on Russia-Ukraine. On Meet the Press, NBC host Kristen Welker asked Vance whether the administration’s plan to allow Russia to keep illegally seized Ukrainian territory as part of a negotiated resolution to end the war would embolden other countries to invade smaller powers.