A "disgrace." A "clown" whose "slur" was disrespectful to war heroes. "JD Dunce."
Those were some of the headlines published by Britain's tabloid newspapers Wednesday after U.S. Vice President JD Vance said that an American economic deal in Ukraine was a "better security guarantee" for a potential peace deal with Russia "than 20,000 troops from some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years."
Vance made the comments in an interview on Monday night with the Fox News host Sean Hannity after Britain and France pledged troops to a peacekeeping force in Ukraine. Vance has since insisted he did not "even mention the U.K. or France," adding that both had "fought bravely alongside the U.S. over the last 20 years, and beyond."
He said it was "absurdly dishonest" to claim he disparaged either country, or its troops.
However, the vice president did not specify which "random" country or countries he was referring to in his interview with Fox News and no other countries have publicly offered to send troops to Ukraine.
His comments sparked a strong reaction in Britain and France, with opposition politicians and veterans in both countries saying he was dishonoring hundreds of troops killed fighting alongside U.S. forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.
“JD Vance is wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong,” said Nigel Farage, the leader of the right-wing Reform U.K., an anti-immigration opposition party. Farage is longtime ally of President Donald Trump.
“We stood by America all through those 20 years putting in exactly the same contribution," he said.
Those were some of the headlines published by Britain's tabloid newspapers Wednesday after U.S. Vice President JD Vance said that an American economic deal in Ukraine was a "better security guarantee" for a potential peace deal with Russia "than 20,000 troops from some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years."
Vance made the comments in an interview on Monday night with the Fox News host Sean Hannity after Britain and France pledged troops to a peacekeeping force in Ukraine. Vance has since insisted he did not "even mention the U.K. or France," adding that both had "fought bravely alongside the U.S. over the last 20 years, and beyond."
He said it was "absurdly dishonest" to claim he disparaged either country, or its troops.
However, the vice president did not specify which "random" country or countries he was referring to in his interview with Fox News and no other countries have publicly offered to send troops to Ukraine.
His comments sparked a strong reaction in Britain and France, with opposition politicians and veterans in both countries saying he was dishonoring hundreds of troops killed fighting alongside U.S. forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.
“JD Vance is wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong,” said Nigel Farage, the leader of the right-wing Reform U.K., an anti-immigration opposition party. Farage is longtime ally of President Donald Trump.
“We stood by America all through those 20 years putting in exactly the same contribution," he said.
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