Ohio Sen. JD Vance on Saturday declined to characterize Russian President Vladimir Putin as an “enemy,” saying instead that “I think that he’s clearly an adversary. He is a competitor.”

“But I think that we also have to be smart about diplomacy, too,” Vance, who is former President Donald Trump’s running mate, added in an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday. “Just because we don’t like somebody, doesn’t mean that we can’t occasionally…