Attending the Munich Security Conference in Germany last weekend, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) explained why he believes the United States should resist new aid provisions to Ukraine.

Vance was nuanced and well spoken, something that seemed to shock the Munich audience. He unequivocally condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin for the killing of Alexei Navalny (the refusal to hand over the body to Navalny’s family points strongly to poisoning). And when it came to Ukraine, Vance’s argument was not that Ukraine doesn’t deserve support but rather that the U.S. must pivot to Asia because its military resources exist in a “world of scarcity.” What Vance is really talking about here is the U.S.’s need to maximize its readiness for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan or an attack on U.S.-treaty ally the Philippines.