J.D. Vance

What is your message to her and the Guthrie family and all the viewers who care so much about Savannah?

Well, thank you, Mr. President, very much for your leadership, but also for the kind words about me personally.

I knew exactly what I wanted to say, but then after the President said that I was so smart and that I didn't want to repeat our Congresswoman who froze for 20 seconds over in Munich, now I'm tempted, sir, just to freeze for 20 seconds.

and just stare at the cameras, and maybe they'll say nice things about me like they do about Congresswoman Cortez.

But I have three very brief messages.

First of all, to the President of the United States, but to the entire team, to Marco, to Steve, to Jared in particular, who have done such an incredible job.

I think what this Board of Peace represents is a recognition that if you actually have a President of the United States and a team that's committed to diplomacy, it can actually work.

When I look at what happened to Israel on October the 7th, all those innocent people who were murdered, the fact that you had all of these hostages and, of course, a terrible war that came from it, I remember thinking to myself, how is it ever going to be possible to get these hostages home safely, to make it possible for the people of Gaza to actually have a reasonable future, but also to ensure that Israel is never attacked again?

It turns out the answer

was you just needed a president who was committed to the effort and committed to the work.

And that's what we had, thankfully, under the leadership of this president.

And you got to make peace, but then you have to make the peace stick.

And that brings me to my second point.

That's what the Board of Peace, I think, is fundamentally about, is making the peace stick.

And it's an incredible thing that you guys have all done.

So to all of the leaders gathered here today who are investing in the future, who are investing in peace,

We're grateful to you.

We're grateful for your partnership.

And in particular, I think to the President of Azerbaijan and the Prime Minister of Armenia, who I just saw last week, thank you all for making it possible and for showing what real leadership can accomplish.

When you set aside weapons and killing and destruction and invest in your people and invest in prosperity, it can create great things.