Vance snaked his way in first to the row between Trump and Zelenskyy, his second intrusion this month after Munich

Summary

JD Vance’s confrontational role in Friday’s Oval Office clash with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy became a flashpoint for the US-European relationship.

Vance provoked Zelenskyy by accusing him of leading “propaganda tours,” escalating tensions before Trump joined in.

Critics suggest this confrontation was deliberately orchestrated to damage US-Ukraine relations, noting immediate and synchronized Republican messaging afterward.

European officials backed Zelenskyy while expressing concern that the US is siding with Putin. Following the meeting, Trump officials indicated they might cut all military aid to Ukraine, marking a potential collapse of the transatlantic alliance.

  • Hegar
    24•2 days ago

    cut the States off from any resources, all trade, and any aid they need

    This is 100% the reason that putin installed these fascists in the first place.

    • @WhatAmLemmyEnglish
      17•2 days ago

      That doesn’t really change the fact that the damage the US can do under a fascist dictatorships trade wars needs to be minimized. The solution isn’t to continue enriching a hostile nation state.

      The only chance America has at this point is national upheaval and likely civil war, otherwise the enemy within will remain and continue pulling the copper from the walls. You can’t magically deprogram 70 million people from extremism and mental illness. The cancer has to be cut out.

      • Hegar
        6•2 days ago

        I’m just pointing out how effectively putin has engineered a situation that gives him the most room to continue his conquest of eastern europe

      • @[email protected]English
        1•2 days ago

        americans are still too content to even have a civil war, still have access to youtube, and all the social media.