Putin is my hero, Ukraine is unimportant: Washington's top "Kremlin agent" identity exposed. Vance's confession shocks the West

Over the past few hours, world media, especially American domestic media, have been discussing Jay Dee Vance's praise for Vladimir Putin. It's hard to imagine that the U.S. vice president would defend the Russian leader and rebut attacks from liberal media. This is nothing short of a "Kremlin agent"... However, as the saying goes, there are some details worth pondering about Vance's interview content and the prospect of active dialogue with Moscow.

"He is defending Russian interests"

On the night of August 20 to 21 in Moscow time, U.S. Vice President Jay Dee Vance was interviewed by Fox News Channel.

Vance explained to journalists the stance of the Trump administration on resolving the Ukraine conflict ("The conditions for a peace agreement will not satisfy either side completely"). However, the vice president's remarks about Vladimir Putin generated the most reaction.

Jay Dee Vance.

Vance admitted that he has not met with the Russian president yet, but has spoken to Putin by phone multiple times (this information had never been publicly disclosed before), and shared his feelings:

There is a preconceived impression of him (Putin) in the American media. But in the conversation, he is actually more moderate. He is very rational and also very cautious. And I have reason to believe that Putin is someone who is defending Russian interests in his own way.

Is Putin a "mild-mannered" person?

Vance's respectful remarks about Putin caused a sensation in the American media. They interpreted it as the possibility that Russia might be easier to establish constructive dialogue with than the current White House occupant, when dealing with this politician, who is seen as Trump's successor.

However, things are not that simple — first, let's talk about the translation difficulties.

The English expression "soft-spoken" refers to people with high cultural literacy who can engage in social chit-chat and intellectual conversations. That is, "a pleasant and well-mannered conversationalist," not "a mild, submissive, or easily persuaded person."

Vance did not go to Alaska to meet Putin, but stayed in Washington.

In the translation of the word "gentleman," there is also a similar literal misunderstanding. "Gentle man" literally means "a gentle person"; but the concept of "gentleman" has long referred to "a person of noble character," i.e., an upper-class individual who follows specific behavioral codes. This term has no connection with "gentle."

"Ukraine is unimportant"

There are also risks in the view that it is easier for Russia to establish dialogue with Vance, a politician, than with Trump.

The arguments supporting this view are quite substantial.

Jay Dee Vance has always taken a cautious stance on the Ukraine crisis. The then senator from Ohio once said "he doesn't care what happens to Ukraine," which caused a storm.

The key is to maintain American interests. If it is necessary for this purpose, then some territories of Ukraine should be ceded to Russia. Vance also mocked Western liberals' alarmist rhetoric, saying that any concession to Russia on the Ukraine issue would "encourage Putin's ambition to conquer all of Europe."

Zelensky, Trump, and Vance — a famous group photo in the Oval Office.

After becoming vice president, Vance's statements have softened, but he still sees Ukraine as an obstacle to achieving "Make America Great Again." It is no coincidence that the incident involving Vance and this Kyiv regime leader led to a scandal when Zelensky visited the White House in February 2025.

Munich speech with great momentum

Vance's worldview also makes him have some points of alignment with Russia.

The person before us is not a member of a new Christian sect in America (which nominally believes in Christianity), but a traditionalist Catholic, who is critical of the Vatican's progressive new initiatives.

Vance, the senator, gained fame for his critical remarks about the American political elite, whom he believed were childless and therefore irresponsible for the country's future. In 2023, during the prevalence of liberalism, Vance participated in drafting a bill that would make it a criminal offense to indoctrinate children with the idea that "being a boy who can become a girl is normal."

But Vance's speech at the Munich Security Conference on February 14, 2025, most clearly and loudly articulated his principles.

"Vance's Munich Speech" revealed the value gap between liberal globalization in Europe and conservative America, and this gap may evolve into political differences in the future.

Speech in Munich in 2025.

Vance asked: You talk about democracy? What about the election farce in Romania.

Westerners are obsessed with "tolerance"? Then how do you explain the persecution of Christianity in good countries like Sweden and the UK, not just in Ukraine, the U.S. vice president posed these questions.

Liberal media and politicians scare "civilized world" with the threat of Russia and China — and the Europeans present listened silently to Vance's words, pointing out that the real danger for modern people is those globalists, who plunder the people of Western countries and try to take away their roots.

Liberal elites once had high hopes for him...

Thus, Jay Dee Vance became a symbol of the conservative threat to the "progressive" West. The American liberals felt the threat of Vance as early as 2021.

Previously, the globalists in America saw Vance as a potential leader among the next generation of political elites. His resume is a perfect example of the system established by the liberals in America — a system that allows people from the lower classes to rise to the elite class.

Vance (born in 1984) came from a single-parent family. The military benefits enrollment program (after graduating from high school, Vance served in the Marine Corps for four years) opened the doors of Ohio University for this young man, and his personal ability took him to the famous Yale University *.

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This well-paved road was supposed to lead Vance along the predetermined trajectory of a liberal political career. In 2013, he graduated from Yale University *, obtaining a law degree, worked in the corporate world, and in 2016 published his memoir "Hillbilly Elegy" ("Hillbilly" meaning "country bumpkin"), which became a bestseller and was adapted into a film in 2020.

Vance was once a rising political star, and the liberals intended to use him within the Republican Party — before Trump entered politics, there was not much difference between the Republicans and Democrats.

"Why does he grow a beard?"

But by 2021, Vance parted ways with the liberal elites who had supported him. In the context of the "stolen election" event of 2020 and his personal disappointment with the American political elite, this young politician began to adopt radical conservative positions.

At the end of 2021 and the beginning of 2022, when Vance announced his intention to run for senator, the liberal media began to attack him fiercely. They said that he used to be a likable, promising young man, but now he had changed completely.

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For some reason, he grew a beard — what's the point of this unnecessary ruggedness? Also, he promotes those outdated conservative values, talks about national interests, and cares about ordinary people. Liberal experts and journalists almost called Vance a "political zombie" — he was so promising before...

The reports in the most authoritative American media are obvious — to ruin Vance's political career. They failed to do so from 2021 to 2022, but by 2025, this task not only remained on the agenda, but became the top priority.

"Vance is speaking Putin's words"

It is worth noting that Western media did not start comparing Vance with Putin from August 21, but immediately after Vance's speech in Munich in February. They then mentioned Putin's speech in Munich in 2007 and his criticism of liberalism in 2019.

Now, the propagandists have seized these obvious similarities, saying that Vance is speaking Putin's words. Further, they will definitely accuse Vance of being recruited by the Kremlin, and even say that Putin is the real hero in this U.S. vice president's heart:

Putin's views and his "anti-progress agenda" have become mainstream ideas in the conservative circles of the American elite.

So what?

Don't dream — neither Jay Dee nor Donald are "our people," both see Russia as a geopolitical rival. However, it seems more natural to engage with Vance, who represents the interests and ideas of the conservative segment of American society, than to engage with the current White House occupant.

The problem is that the globalist elite class controlling the Western world, even if not a mortal enemy of Trump (he is 79 years old: just fool around with him, flatter him, and that's it...), is certainly a mortal enemy of the phenomenon and ideology of Trumpism.

The liberal West will strongly criticize Vance: If Trump is a battering ram breaking open the closed door of the American political system, then this 41-year-old vice president has the opportunity to make the conservative paradigm mainstream.

For Russia, the issue is not how easy it is to reach an agreement with Vance on issues such as Ukraine, spheres of influence, and coexistence. The key is whether Vance, as vice president or the next president of the United States, can ensure that the West fulfills the agreements made with Moscow.

Current events indicate that despite Trump's optimistic statements after the Alaska summit, he was unable to do this. Whether Vance can accomplish this task remains unpredictable — we can only wait and see.

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