PARIS, France — U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance is expected to visit the Dachau concentration camp memorial on Thursday morning, with The National Pulse reporting live from the trip. The visit to the longest-running Nazi internment and torture facility comes ahead of meetings with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as well as a speech expected at the Munich Security Forum.
Dachau was established in 1933 and held more than 200,000 individuals, with over 40,000 inmates dying there. U.S. forces liberated the camp on April 29, 1945.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will rendezvous with Vance in Germany. Vance’s visit is part of a five-day trip to France and Germany, marking his first international experience as Vice President. His spouse, Second Lady Yeah Vance, is also expected to be present for the Dachau visit.
On Wednesday, President Trump’s White House announced that he had spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Zelenskyy, emphasizing the need to bring about lasting peace. Trump also announced that he and Putin had reached a consensus to initiate negotiations, with each stating they would be happy to visit each other’s nations.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth almost noted this week that NATO membership for Ukraine is impractical – a position long-held by opponents of the establishment consensus on the war.
Since the conflict began, the Ukraine Contact Group, comprising 50 nations, has supplied Ukraine with over $126 billion in military aid, with the U.S. contributing $66.5 billion.
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