#JDVance was asked whether he & #Trump were interested in “a strategic deal with #China, even maybe on #Taiwan.” Vance avoided giving an answer, apart from saying that there had been no discussions about Taiwan w/Beijing. Instead, Vance began spinning the tanking of the global #economy by the admin’s #TradeWars, saying “in a world of hypercomplicated supply chains,” the US “cannot be reliant on countries that don’t put our best interests at mind.”

More unbelievable #gaslighting:

#JDVance made the argument that #Trump is “a genuine humanitarian,” & said “he just wants the killing to stop.”

Right, the guy deporting #children with #cancer who are #UScitizens, sending #asylum seekers to #CECOT & now #Libya, separating #families, canceling #funding to combat #InfectiousDisease & to make heart pumps for #babies w/ heart defects, yeah he’s a real #humanitarian. Go fuck yourself JD.

#JDVance appeared to be confronting the central question facing America’s relationship w/ #Europe right now: If the #US turns away from #Ukraine, could the US & other #NATO nations find themselves on opposing sides, w/the US moving toward a normalization of relations w/ #Russia? Vance argued that #Trump brought “strategic realism” [that guy has no idea what realism is!] to the decision to seek a negotiated solution to the war.

#JDVance is speaking in Washington at the #MunichLeaders Meeting, a #GlobalSecurity conference. “I do still very much believe that the #UnitedStates & #Europe are on the same team,” Vance said. “The same *civilizational* team.” [whatever that means] #Vance said he thought it was “completely ridiculous to think that you’re ever going to be able to drive a firm wedge between the United States & Europe.”

#Trump & #Canada Prime Minister #MarkCarney will have a working luncheon now. #JDVance, #Commerce Secretary #HowardLutnick & Secretary of #State #MarcoRubio will be present from the US side, as will their Canadian counterparts.

He won't stand up for his own wife and kids.

He won't stand up for what he professes to believe.

He defends a man he used to call the American Hitler.

What can we call a man like that? Can we even call him a man?

#JDVance #USpol
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Er weist den Vorwurf von #JDVance zurück, lehnt aber ein #AfFVerbot ab. Wie ambivalent und schizophren kann man sich äußern und agieren

The next night, #Zelensky renewed his offer to buy Patriots. “We are ready to purchase the necessary number of Patriot systems for our country,”he said in his nightly speech. “This is not about charity.”

On April 26, Zelensky & #Trump met at the pope’s funeral in Vatican City, leading to the apparent reset of their relationship after the Oval Office encounter in Feb. Both Trump & #JDVance berated the Ukrainian president in that meeting, falsely saying he had not expressed gratitude for US help.

Pressed on whether he still needs to abide by the #Constitution, #Trump said, “I don’t know.”

“I have brilliant lawyers that work for me, & they are going to obviously follow what the Supreme Court said,” he said. [except he hasn’t]

In the wide-ranging interview airing Sunday, he also did not rule out the use of #military force to take #Greenland, while saying it’s “highly unlikely” he would do so w/ #Canada. He complimented #JDVance & Secy of #State #MarcoRubio as potential successors.

@MEGA @fulelo obviously the current #trump admin (#rubio #jdvance ) don't like "tyranny in disguise". That is, the prefer plain overt unambiguous #tyranny

#Zelensky: Deal "now truly an equal partnership"

#Trump Admin lifts pause on delivery of military aid to #Ukraine

But Trump moves #Waltz --- opposed by #JDVance and Stephen Miller, both foes of aid to Kyiv --- to UN