JD Vance pick adds to European fears over Trump presidency
JD Vance pick adds to European fears over Trump presidency
Diplomats and politicians voice concern over Vance's repeated criticism of US aid to Ukraine.
European politicians and diplomats had already prepared for changes to their relationship with the US in the event of a second Donald Trump presidency.
Now that the Republican candidate has chosen Ohio Senator JD Vance as his running mate, those differences appear even more stark on prospects for the war in Ukraine, security and trade.
A vocal critic of US aid to Ukraine, Mr Vance told this year’s Munich Security Conference that Europe should wake up to the US having to “pivot” its focus to East Asia.
"The American security blanket has allowed European security to atrophy," he said.
He might be my worst nightmare: an intelligent, opportunistic, disingenuous, duplicitous, hateful, proudly misogynistic, election-denying, authoritarian-curious chaos agent, wrapped in a young relatively attractive white man’s body. He will do a far better job than Trump ever could at making their sick regressive and paternalistic fantasies come true for all of us.
He actively beliefs and endorses Dark Enlightenment and the media needs to start drawing attention to it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Vance#Political_positions
Fuck. This is worse than I thought. I also really don’t like that I’d never heard of it, so thank you.
Oh for fuck's sake, guys... Please don't do this to the rest of the world, jeez.
He actively beliefs and endorses Dark Enlightenment
If you see a Nazi, say "nazi".
Cool, I love learning new terms that will haunt me in the future.
Don't think for a minute that Vance won't throw the orange clown under a moving train once he positions himself in power. The orange felon's days are numbered.
I’m sure he has some underage skeletons in his closet.
He might be that now, but Trump is gonna make sure to break him of that competence and any accompanying confidence.
The man cannot handle the idea of someone being in a position to replace him even if he dies, because to him that means they can replace him in a plot to kick him out.
Eh, maybe. He's largely untested. Hopefully he'll stay that way.
Every time I read JD Vance my mind goes
"JD Vance of Vance Refrigeration"
What was that guys name from The Office again?
Bob. Bob Vance, Vance refrigeration.
I keep thinking of J. D. Power and Associates like he's gonna rate Honda Civics.
I keep seeing his have and confusing him for Dale from Tucker and Dale vs Evil.
Like, without Alan Tyduk, the evil wins.
What line of work are you in JD?
Implying that the UK has been overrun with scary Islamist muslims was a choice, too.
When Scanned At Vet, Microchip Identifies Owner As: Peter Thiel
Make sure you know the truth around this part and how it relates to elon musk announcing that he'll perpetually donate $45 million per month to trump.
John Donald Vance
East Asia? Hmm, what's in East Asia? (Real question)
He's saying he wants to let Putin have Europe so we can focus our military on China.
I could certainly imagine him holding the Mearsheimer position of "Russia is America's natural ally against China", though to be clear this is me speculating