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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLa-Zee Vance seems to be interested in getting Zelenskyy overthrown
Maybe this is what's behind all of his vacations - trying to get a coalition to change Ukraine's leader during a war? JFC
Link to tweet
One afternoon in early March, three days after the disastrous showdown between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House, there was a flurry of telephone activity at the Ukrainian embassy in London.
JD Vances team was on the line and wanted to set up a call with Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraines ambassador to the UK and formerly the commander in chief of the army.
The US vice-president had been instrumental in provoking the confrontation between Trump and Zelenskyy in the Oval Office, from his perch on an adjacent sofa. Now, Vance and others in Trumps orbit were apparently sounding out potential alternatives to the troublesome Zelenskyy.
JD Vances team was on the line and wanted to set up a call with Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraines ambassador to the UK and formerly the commander in chief of the army.
The US vice-president had been instrumental in provoking the confrontation between Trump and Zelenskyy in the Oval Office, from his perch on an adjacent sofa. Now, Vance and others in Trumps orbit were apparently sounding out potential alternatives to the troublesome Zelenskyy.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/aug/25/general-envoy-future-ukraine-president-valerii-zaluzhnyi-london-waiting-game
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La-Zee Vance seems to be interested in getting Zelenskyy overthrown (Original Post)
jmbar2
Monday
OP
He will be looking for another job in a couple of years. What's Mike Pence doing these days?
marble falls
Monday
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marble falls
(67,663 posts)1. He will be looking for another job in a couple of years. What's Mike Pence doing these days?
Xavier Breath
(6,054 posts)6. ...

ananda
(32,897 posts)2. Not gonna happen.
The USA has no clout on the world stage.
niyad
(126,467 posts)3. ummm, bricktop?? the word is "incite".
jmbar2
(7,242 posts)5. Non-native English speaker
LetMyPeopleVote
(168,783 posts)4. Vance wants to overthrow President Zelensky
âï¸ðºð¸ðºð¦ Zaluzhny irefused to talk to JD Vance, who was looking for an alternative to Zelensky after the dispute in the White House, â The Guardian.
— MAKS 25 ððºð¦ (@maks23.bsky.social) 2025-08-25T09:51:08.534Z
Vance's team wanted to organize a conversation with Zaluzhnyi just three days after the leaders' dispute in Washington,â¦
â¦as "Vance and others from Trump's entourage were apparently looking for potential alternatives to the troubled Zelensky."
— MAKS 25 ððºð¦ (@maks23.bsky.social) 2025-08-25T09:51:08.535Z
Moreover, when Zelensky flew to London after the Oval Office row to Starmer, Zaluzhnyi met him at the airport and posted a photo of them shaking hands on his social media.
mitch96
(15,437 posts)7. jd says and does what his handlers tell him to do...nt