Summary
JD Vance’s confrontational role in Friday’s Oval Office clash with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy became a flashpoint for the US-European relationship.
Vance provoked Zelenskyy by accusing him of leading “propaganda tours,” escalating tensions before Trump joined in.
Critics suggest this confrontation was deliberately orchestrated to damage US-Ukraine relations, noting immediate and synchronized Republican messaging afterward.
European officials backed Zelenskyy while expressing concern that the US is siding with Putin. Following the meeting, Trump officials indicated they might cut all military aid to Ukraine, marking a potential collapse of the transatlantic alliance.
I think its already too late for them to push back… They got lured in by market deregulation and if they revolt now, they see their capital in danger (seized, redistributed by force of policy, etc.).
Fascism and neoliberalism can also get along quite well.