Matthew Bryza: Zelenskyy must win over Vance

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy must gain US Vice President JD Vance’s support to strengthen ties with President Trump, former US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Matthew Bryza says. #USA #Ukraine

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00:00Zelensky is quite a cunning operator, isn't he? He's pretty savvy on the world stage and

00:06he's going to be really sidling up to the Vice President when the two men see each other

00:12in the next couple of days. Do you think J.D. Vance could be the key to Donald Trump's full

00:21unconditional support?

00:23I do very much agree that Zelensky will get as close to J.D. Vance as he possibly can

00:27and yes, Zelensky is savvy. I mean, he's a former comedic actor, right? And a fantastically

00:32successful entrepreneur and he knows how to deal with people. But J.D. Vance was one of

00:37the first U.S. senators who sounded the alarm against continued U.S. military assistance

00:42to Ukraine. So rather than maybe being the conduit or the bridge between Zelensky and

00:47Trump, I think Zelensky probably assumes he needs to win over J.D. Vance first if he wants

00:53to build a warmer relationship with Trump.

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