Vance looks like the guys in Christian propaganda literature who are refusing temptation, usually in the form of a modernly-dressed woman.

It was clearly rehearsed. Trump had his comments prepared and was going to get out no matter what Zelenskyy said.

Hé is rejecting the couch. He can't sucumb again, last time the separation was too hard

Yeah, why do politics always have to be in person, where emotions get in the way and you don't have the time to think things through? Almost as if it's just done out of tradition, by people who are good at it, to justify their position. Some might argue that it is because it's harder to hide your true colors that way but we now that that's not true and good (meaning successful) politicians are good liars.

Bet he didn't even send a thankyou animated eCard, with his face cut out and put on a dancing banana person set to the golden girls theme song.

Emails aren't nearly theatrical enough

This came to mind