{"id":132455,"date":"2024-07-17T09:20:50","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T06:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/us-allies-grapple-with-j-d-vance\/"},"modified":"2024-07-17T09:20:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T06:20:50","slug":"us-allies-grapple-with-j-d-vance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/us-allies-grapple-with-j-d-vance\/","title":{"rendered":"US allies grapple with J.D. Vance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132455\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nThere\u2019s panic, uncertainty, and some protestations that Vance won\u2019t really pull the country back from Ukraine and the world. European leaders and diplomats cycled through shock and dismay at the selection of J.D. Vance as Donald Trump\u2019s running mate. Many are also in two other stages: Denial and bargaining.<\/p>\n<p>Vance is an avowed isolationist who has said he doesn\u2019t care about Ukraine. His selection does nothing to address concerns about Trump\u2019s hostility to NATO \u2013 even if a vice president typically has little power in any administration. But the fact that Vance transformed from being a fierce Trump critic to a strong supporter means he might be persuadable on other issues, including aiding Ukraine, said Oleksandr Merezhko, the head of the country\u2019s parliamentary foreign relations committee.\u201cHis views may change on international issues as well,\u201d Merezhko, told POLITICO.<\/p>\n<p>That was a frequent refrain as the Vance decision began to sink in across Europe, with officials squinting to find a bit of blue sky on an otherwise dark horizon.\u201cIt is hard for us to imagine that James Vance, once in the White House, would begin to act against the interests of America. And the strategic interests of the United States today lie in deterring Russia in Europe,\u201d said Yehor Cherniev, deputy chair of the Ukrainian parliament\u2019s Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>Some clung to the notion that it will be Trump, not his vice president, who would be making major foreign policy decisions, and that Vance won\u2019t wield the kind of influence as powerful predecessors such as Dick Cheney or Joe Biden. \u201cLike many we are worried about his isolationism and previous opposition to Ukraine aid. But that doesn\u2019t differ from Trump himself, so fundamentally little difference,\u201d said a European Union diplomat, granted anonymity like others quoted in this story to openly discuss concerns about the election. \u201cDifficult to imagine a Cheney situation, given that Trump likes to dominate himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump is the key guy,\u201d said a person close to the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. A senior Ukrainian official, meanwhile, said that Vance\u2019s past statements will mean nothing if Trump can be convinced to keep assisting Kyiv, even if at lower levels than under the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone is at that stage of the grief process. A European diplomat in Washington texted POLITICO after the announcement: \u201cHoly shit.\u201d Choosing the Ohio senator would mean another four years of MAGA foreign policy \u2014 and potentially another eight after that if Vance were to successfully run in 2028 and then go on to win reelection. That, the official added, \u201cmeans this isn\u2019t an anomaly anymore. This is American policy\u201d for the future.<\/p>\n<p>Others made their consternation very public. \u201cMore champagne popping in the Kremlin,\u201d wrote Guy Verhofstadt, a former Belgian prime minister and liberal MEP from the Renew Europe group, on Tuesday in a post on X. Ricarda Lang, a co-leader of the German Greens party that is part of Chancellor Olaf Scholz\u2019s government called Trump\u2019s pick \u201cworrying for Europe\u201d given Vance\u2019s stance on Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Republican boosters of Ukraine on Capitol Hill are also holding out hope that Vance will change his position if he becomes vice president. Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a Ukraine aid advocate who bucked opponents in his own party, said Tuesday that he hoped Vance could be convinced to change course. \u201cSome of the comments Mr. Vance has made, I don\u2019t agree with,\u201d Bacon said in an interview. \u201cI\u2019m always going to stand for what I think is right, and I believe an independent Ukraine is in our national security interests because once Russia wins, they\u2019re going to be emboldened to do other countries.\u201d \u201cI see it very clearly and I hope that we can persuade the vice presidential nominee to adjust on that,\u201d Bacon added.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the debate over how seriously to take Vance\u2019s promises to pull back from Ukraine may stem from the fact that his foreign policy work has so far been limited. Though the senator has made a name for himself as a vocal opponent to aid to Ukraine and as a supporter for a U.S. geostrategic pivot to Asia, he does not sit on any congressional foreign policy or military committees and has only served in the Senate for about 18 months. The first time he participated in a foreign congressional delegation was in February, when he attended the Munich Security Conference.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/07\/16\/u-s-allies-grapple-with-j-d-vance-00168850\">Politico<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vaufien\/us-allies-grapple-with-j-d-vance\/\">US allies grapple with J.D. 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