It’s probably going to be difficult at this point to find raw and uncut video of this Oval Office disaster. I didn’t bother looking for it on X, Fox, ABC, CNN, etc, but found some longer versions from international sites. Vance accused Zelensky of “attacking” the Trump administration, but I didn’t see that happen. Really, the whole thing reminded me of the first Trump/Biden debate in 2020, when it was complete chaos and just continual interruptions and talking over the other person. Vance, once he got started, wouldn’t let Zelensky actually respond. Once Trump stepped in, taking dubious offense to a comment that he clearly mischaracterized or misconstrued, then Zelensky was barely allowed to speak. They kept talking about how disrespectful he was, and wanted to know how many times he’s thanked Trump *today*.
Honestly, I didn’t see disrespect from Zelensky. The shouting seemed to start after he called Putin a killer and a terrorist. I guess that offended Vance?
Knowing that they also had a TASS rep in the office at the beginning, it really does start to make you wonder how much of this was staged.