J. D. Vance: “What the president has made very clear is our two goals are…”

“We have no plans to recognize a Palestinian state. I don't know what it would mean to really recognize a Palestinian state, given the lack of a functional government there. You know, What the president has made very clear is our two goals are very simple right now vis a vis the situation in Israel and Gaza. Number one, it's we want to make it so that Hamas cannot attack innocent Israeli civilians ever again. And we think that has to come through the eradication of Hamas.” (04:51–04:58)

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