(NewsNation) — Vice President JD Vance played a noticeable role in the escalation of tension during a combative meeting between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday.
Vance’s vocal involvement was among several noteworthy moments and led to mixed reactions.
The vice president received praise from supporters of the GOP for defending the Trump administration and criticism from supporters of the Democratic party.
Once Vance truly inserted himself into the conversation, calling for diplomacy for Russia, the temperature between the leaders rose.
A Trump administration official told NewsNation that the president and vice president “were totally on the same page” and Trump “was happy with how the vice president jumped in.”
The vice president in those kinds of settings, in the Oval Office, typically does not interject the way that Vice President Vance did.
For the first month of this administration, Elon Musk has largely been the most visible right-hand man for President Trump.
It remains to be seen if Vance will continue to be a staunchly vocal defender of the Trump administration.
Many Democrat lawmakers are very concerned about the state of a potential peace deal, and many of them have blamed President Trump and Vance specifically.
Most of the discourse in Washington falls along party lines.
Republicans have been very defensive of Vance and Trump, saying that they were defending American values and that Zelenskyy was disrespectful in the Oval Office.
