Senator JD Vance, nominated as Donald Trump's vice-presidential running mate, opposes continued US funding for Ukraine, advocating for peace negotiations instead. Vance's criticisms of the Biden administration's handling of the Ukraine war and his belief that the conflict benefits American business have fueled tensions with Ukrainian President Zelensky. With Trump promising to end the war swiftly, their potential election victory could significantly alter US-Ukraine relations.
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00:00Senator J.D. Vance, an Ohio Republican, has been nominated as the Trumps' vice presidential
00:25nominee for the upcoming U.S. presidential election.
00:28Announced Vance's nomination on the first day of the Republican National Convention,
00:32Vance, a best-selling author of the Hillbilly Elegy and the elected senator in 2022,
00:39holds differing views of the U.S. support of Ukraine.
00:43In May, at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft,
00:46Vance expressed his admiration for Ukrainians fighting against Russia
00:50but questioned the benefit to America of funding what he sees as an endless war.
00:58He reinforced his stance in late April when the Senate approved
01:02a $61 billion military aid package for Ukraine.
01:05Drawing from his past experience, Vance condemned his colleagues,
01:09recalling his disillusionment after the Iraq war.
01:12Vance also believes that the Biden administration has no viable plan for Ukraine.
01:17In a New York Times op-ed, he has openly criticized President Joe Biden for failing
01:22to provide clear facts about the situation in Ukraine and described the administration's
01:27strategy as lacking.
01:29Vance has also argued that Ukraine's real challenge is just numerical.
01:33It needs more soldiers and equipment than it currently has and U.S. cannot supply enough.
01:40He has also criticized the notion of prolonging the war for the benefit of American business,
01:44urging instead of rebuilding the industrial base without involving it in foreign conflicts.
01:50That Ukraine was going to throw Russia back to the 1991 borders was preposterous.
01:54Nobody actually believed it.
01:56Vance has also been vocal about his belief that the conflict will inevitably end in negotiations.
02:01He has also highlighted the dire state of Ukraine,
02:04noting the advanced stage of its soldiers and calling for an end to the violence.
02:09He has also emphasized the need for American leadership to focus
02:12on stopping the war rather than continuing it.
02:15Furthermore, the vice presidential candidate has also criticized the latest
02:19U.S.-Ukraine aid bill passed in April as a potential time bomb for Trump if he is re-elected.
02:25Vance has also suggested that the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
02:29is demanding more U.S. taxpayers' dollars and has even criticized him
02:32for suggesting that American lawmakers opposing the aid are supporting Russia.
02:37This sort of criticism adds to tensions for Zelensky,
02:40who has shared a new camaraderie with President Biden over Ukraine.
02:45However, Trump holds differing opinion over the Ukraine war and has vowed to stop it within
02:50the 24 hours, a claim which Zelensky finds unrealistic.
02:54With Trump and Vance now working together, Zelensky's fear that the war might halt
02:59with Russian leverage will likely deepen if Trump wins the November 5th election.