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Backlash After JD Vance Calls UK ‘a Random Country That Hasn’t Fought a War in 40 Years’

J.D. Vance described the U.K. As 'some random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 or 40 years' during an appearance on Fox News, triggering backlash from British officials and veterans.
Vance's comments were criticized as deeply disrespectful, with accusations of erasing the sacrifices of 636 British soldiers who died in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Former Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer condemned Vance for disrespecting U.K. Troops, emphasizing the strong military partnership between the U.S. And the U.K.
In response, Vance called accusations of disrespect 'absurdly dishonest,' stating he was not referring to the U.K. Or France.

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UnHerd

Can Meghan save the transatlantic alliance?

It’s a tricky time for the special relationship. Offering a sweepingly negative assessment of Europe’s fighting capability this week, JD Vance may or may not have called us “some random country that has not fought a war in 30 or 40 years”. A Daily Star front page featured “J.D. Dunce” in retaliation, and even Nigel Farage has been forced into publicly rebuking his chums across the water. The Vice President has responded by denying he was talking…

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The Telegraph

The ‘random countries’ lining up to protect Ukraine

Was vice-president JD Vance right to say Keir Starmer’s ‘coalition of the willing’ would provide a feeble deterrent? We crunch the numbers

3 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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Wonkette

Knob! Clown! Dunce! Disgrace! Crisis! UK Papers Seem Displeased With Trump???

American news media may have rushed to embrace the Trump/Russian framing that World War III is “inevitable” because Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy is rude, or something, and dealmaking artist Donald Trump is the only one who can fix it, by surrendering to Putin’s every whim. But the foreign press is under no such delusions! Especially with JD Vance nonstop flapping his jowls and insulting Europe whenever he gets the chance. Honey bunche…

3 days ago·United States

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USA Today

A 'disgrace' and a 'clown': JD Vance's 'random country' comment riles Britain and France

Vice President JD Vance said a U.S. economic deal in Ukraine was a 'better security guarantee than 20,000 troops from some random country.'

4 days ago·United States

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leftfootforward.org

Kemi Badenoch jumps to JD Vance’s defence over ‘deeply disrespectful’ comments

Kemi Badenoch has sided with the US Vice President JD Vance over comments he made that one of her own MPs has condemned as “deeply disrespectful”. In a Fox News interview, Vance argued that the US having an economic stake in Ukraine through a minerals deal is a stronger security guarantee than “20,000 troops from some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years”. The comments have been widely understood to be a dig at the UK and …

4 days ago

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