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jmbar2

(8,178 posts)
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 11:22 AM Aug 2025

La-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



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 Vance’s team was on the line and wanted to set up a call with Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine’s 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 Trump’s 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 Aug 2025 OP
He will be looking for another job in a couple of years. What's Mike Pence doing these days? marble falls Aug 2025 #1
... Xavier Breath Aug 2025 #6
Not gonna happen. ananda Aug 2025 #2
ummm, bricktop?? the word is "incite". niyad Aug 2025 #3
Non-native English speaker jmbar2 Aug 2025 #5
Vance wants to overthrow President Zelensky LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2025 #4
jd says and does what his handlers tell him to do...nt mitch96 Aug 2025 #7

marble falls

(72,543 posts)
1. He will be looking for another job in a couple of years. What's Mike Pence doing these days?
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 11:28 AM
Aug 2025

LetMyPeopleVote

(182,093 posts)
4. Vance wants to overthrow President Zelensky
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 12:06 PM
Aug 2025

❗️🇺🇸🇺🇦 Zaluzhny irefused to talk to JD Vance, who was looking for an alternative to Zelensky after the dispute in the White House, — The Guardian.

Vance's team wanted to organize a conversation with Zaluzhnyi just three days after the leaders' dispute in Washington,…

MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) 2025-08-25T09:51:08.534Z

…as "Vance and others from Trump's entourage were apparently looking for potential alternatives to the troubled Zelensky."

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.

MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) 2025-08-25T09:51:08.535Z

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