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Can J.D. Vance be part of the peace talks?

Practically every aspect of that Oval Office meeting between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky was surreal. The blow up at the end was certainly the most shocking, but watching the American President repeatedly bite his tongue – until he didn’t – was also very strange. Holding back opinion is not normal behaviour for the American