One US official told Reuters that the face-off was the flexing of JD Vance. "Vance is different than Elon. For him to sit and take on Zelenskyy in front of Trump was a very big moment. He moved to support the president, and Trump loves it when people step out to do the confrontation that he usually does," the official said.
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