#and he still completely betrays ukraine and europe

[milverton]

After voluntarily fighting in Ukraine to defend it from Russia’s invasion, and as the White House halts Ukrainian military aid, JD Vance’s first cousin has called the vice-president and Donald Trump “useful idiots” to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. Nate Vance’s comments to France’s Le Figaro newspaper came after he reportedly spent three years volunteering to try to help Ukraine repel Russian troops as part of the so-called Da Vinci Wolves battalion.

“His own cousin was on the frontlines. I could have told him the truth, without personal interest. He never tried to find out more.”

He said he subsequently left messages for the vice-president at his office, but none had been returned. He said he did not want to risk being captured after Trump won a second presidency in November with JD Vance – who was previously one of Ohio’s US senators – as his running mate. So he returned to the US in January, shortly before Vance took office as Trump’s vice-president.