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.
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