‘Condescending P***k’: JD Vance’s Zelenskyy-Oval Office Anecdote Backfires Online

Vice President JD Vance was branded a “condescending prick” and more this week over the way he claimed to have welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy into the Oval Office on Monday.In a Wednesday interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham, Vance recalled telling Zelenskyy just before his meeting with President Donald Trump: “Mr. President, so long as you behave, I won’t say anything.”Zelenskyy, Vance said, “just chuckled a little bit.”Vance: Zelenskyy walked into the oval office. I was chatting with him… I said Mr. President, so long as you behave, I won't say anything. It was a good little icebreaker pic.twitter.com/4uuylpjc8m— Acyn (@Acyn) August 20, 2025Vance described the remark to Ingraham as a “good little icebreaker.”The vice president, though, had previously clashed with Zelenskyy during a February Oval Office meeting when he accused the Ukrainian leader of not showing enough gratitude for U.S. aid to combat Russia’s ongoing invasion.So, critics on social media weren’t impressed with Vance’s take:When Vance recounts this “icebreaker,” it reads less like confidence and more like a rebranding effort.— SleuthyFella (@SleuthyFella) August 21, 2025I'm glad he showed everyone how disrespectful he is. Now he can't deny it.— Rick Compton (@rickcomp52) August 20, 2025What an incredible nasty jerk he is.— Diane Biegel (@DiDi2009) August 20, 2025Bully boy, that’s not how you treat a man who is showing the world what leadership is, you are appalling— RMB (@RachelMorag99) August 21, 2025What an idiot! It’s Vance who owes Zelensky an apology for his stunt on February 28th. And I have no doubt that he would attempt another humiliation if European leaders didn’t accompany Zelensky to Washington.— Paul Carr (@worldpaulcarr) August 21, 2025He’s such a jerk— Mark Stephen Levy ✍️ (@TheRealMarkLevy) August 20, 2025What a condescending prick.— Greg Dolan (@gdolan7473) August 20, 2025The absence of self-awareness— Steven C. Svekis (@SSSSvekisSports) August 21, 2025A graduate of the Ted Cruz School of Charm.— Greta (@GretaGrace20) August 21, 2025

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