Vice President J.D. Vance's attempt to make himself the center of attention at the extraordinary blow-up in the Oval Office with Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is part of an effort to get himself out of the shadows as the Trump administration takes shape.That is the opinion of...

Summary

JD Vance is actively working to raise his profile in the Trump administration after being overshadowed by Elon Musk.

During a recent Oval Office meeting, Vance took the lead to criticize Zelensky as “disrespectful,” setting up Trump to criticize Zelensky.

According to New York Times reporter Michael Shear, this confrontational approach is part of Vance’s strategy to avoid being “relegated to the B-team” in what has become “one of the most fast-paced and aggressive administrations in modern history.”

  • The QuuuuuillEnglish
    20•1 day ago

    Bruh. You’re the vice president. Your fucking job is to be the head of the b-team. Amazing how the fragile old man shit baby managed to find a fragile middle aged shit baby to be his running mate

    • @jaybone
      5•1 day ago

      Yeah most vice presidents don’t sit next to the president when he has Oval Office meetings with foreign leaders. He should be out kissing babies and visiting donut shops and shit.

      Now we’ve got Trump, musk and Vance all trying to be the biggest dickheads in the room

      • @[email protected]
        5•1 day ago

        most vice presidents don’t sit next to the president

        For rather important security reasons

        Now we’ve got Trump, musk and Vance all trying to be the biggest dickheads in the room

        Once Boeing finishes the new Air Force One, they should all have their dickwaving contests on board, it’d be grand. I’m sure there’s nothing wrong with the plane.