Vice President JD Vance last month aside his cousin Nate's temperate criticism of his attitude towards Ukraine and the treatment of President Kyiv's Volodymyr Zelensky.
Nate Vance (47), who volunteered as a fighter to help Ukraine dodge Russian invaders, defeated cousins' approach to European conflict in an interview with French outlet Le Figaro Released on Sunday.
“I love my cousin Nate and never spoke publicly about his service in Ukraine.
“As for his criticism, I'm not interested in discussing with him publicly, but I feel the need to deal with one particular issue.
The vice president's cousin had insisted to Le Figaro that he had tried to contact JD through his office to tell him the “truth” about the war. After Nate Vance Approved by CNN Monday night he said “I didn't know that” [the vice president] I got the message.
JD Vance pointed out that his cousin may have reached out to his mother, father or sister to “I'm in regular contact.”
“I always thought I was the toughest man I'd known. Whatever he said about me, my love for him remains. I'm always happy to talk to him,” he added.
Nate Vance saw how his cousin treated Zelensky on February 28th and explained how he reacted.
“Donald Trump and my cousins clearly believe they can appease Vladimir Putin,” Nate told Le Figaro. “They're wrong. The Russians are not trying to forget our support for Ukraine. We are Vladimir Putin's useful idiots.”
Since the outbreak of war in Ukraine, JD Vance has been vehemently skeptical of the US support for war-torn countries half the world's world.
During his 2022 run in the Senate, the future VP declared, “I don't really care what will happen in Ukraine in any way.” Vance also patronizes Ukraine as a “corrupted country run by oligarchs,” but revealed that “Vladimir Putin is a bad guy in this situation.”
Last year, Zelensky called JD Vance “too radical” and set up a special unarmed area between Russia and Ukraine, and planned to assure Moscow that Kyiv would not join NATO.
Tensions exploded in full vision of the media after JD Vance tore the Ukrainian leaders apart for not expressing more gratitude to the Republican administration when they met in an oval office.
“I'm not going to wait and see you kill my comrades just because I have something to do with you,” Nate Vance told Le Figaro.
“When JD justified his distrust of Zelensky by the 'reports' he saw, I thought I was going to suffocate. ”
Nate Vance told CNN that the ordeal was “really disappointing.”
“There's a certain level of politeness to reach,” he said. “But when you do it and you know, it's like you're going to ridiculously publicly that they almost have to protect themselves, I was against that tact.”
After a fierce meeting with Zelensky, the Ukrainian leader was kicked out of the White House, and the planned mineral agreement between the two countries remained unsightly. Since then, President Trump has said Ukraine is “more difficult” than Russia.
On Tuesday, Ukrainian and American officials met to repair a fence in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Ukraine agreed to Washington's proposal for a 30-day ceasefire, and the Trump administration agreed to resume sharing intelligence news reports, according to a joint statement from both countries.
