The GOP contains a still substantial number of Bush type neocons who want to enforce a Post WWII consensus type of world where the president of Ukraine is a position worthy of respect, and the US is dedicated to fighting Russia. The new faction of the Paypal Mafia types wants to end that. Hard to tell if Vance and Zelensky fighting was planned or was bound to happen when the best way for the Paypal Mafia wing to gain face is by showing guys like Zelensky what their place is, as open lapdogs without pretense. And Zelensky himself would be tempted to avoid that at all costs when the fate of his country depends on the pretense that he's worth billions of dollars in foreign aid.
The GOP contains a still substantial number of Bush type neocons who want to enforce a Post WWII consensus type of world where the president of Ukraine is a position worthy of respect, and the US is dedicated to fighting Russia. The new faction of the Paypal Mafia types wants to end that. Hard to tell if Vance and Zelensky fighting was planned or was bound to happen when the best way for the Paypal Mafia wing to gain face is by showing guys like Zelensky what their place is, as open lapdogs without pretense. And Zelensky himself would be tempted to avoid that at all costs when the fate of his country depends on the pretense that he's worth billions of dollars in foreign aid.
Trump did not plan it. Vance probably couldn't have planned for it. But when the opportunity presented itself, he pounced.