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.”
This was my hope once the results came in. That they’d be too busy fighting each other for power to actually cause too much lasting damage
I’m eagerly waiting. For now, it’s at best a circular firing squad with the world in the middle. They have terrible aim but statistically we’re still all gonna die.