{"id":463,"date":"2025-03-04T05:38:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T06:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/?p=463"},"modified":"2025-03-11T23:05:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T23:05:45","slug":"anger-over-jd-vances-comments-about-the-uk-despite-sacrifices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/04\/anger-over-jd-vances-comments-about-the-uk-despite-sacrifices\/","title":{"rendered":"Anger over JD Vance\u2019s comments about the UK despite sacrifices"},"content":{"rendered":"
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JD Vance<\/a> has been accused of insulting British soldiers who died in Iraq and Afghanistan with his comments on Europe\u2019s contributions to Ukraine<\/a> peace talks.<\/p>\n

The US Vice President dismissively described a proposed peacekeeping force suggested by European leaders as \u201820,000 troops from some random country that hasn\u2019t fought a war in 30 or 40 years\u2019.<\/p>\n

France and the UK are the only two countries that have currently committed to putting soldiers on the ground in Ukraine to help avert a threat from Russia.<\/p>\n

Critics pointed out that Vance\u2019s \u201930 or 40 years\u2019 covers the time British forces fought alongside their US allies in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

Liberal Democrat MP Helen Maguire, a former Captain in the Royal Military Police who served in Iraq, said: \u2018JD Vance is erasing from history the hundreds of British troops who gave their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

\u2018I saw firsthand how American and British soldiers fought bravely together shoulder to shoulder. <\/p>\n

\u2018Six of my own regiment, the Royal Military Police, didn\u2019t return home from Iraq. This is a sinister attempt to deny that reality.\u2019<\/p>\n

Former Defence Minister Johnny Mercer described Vance as a \u2018clown\u2019 and said: \u2018By his own admission he spent his time in the Marines \u201cwriting articles and taking pictures\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u2018Perhaps if he had got his hands dirty serving his country like so many of his fellow American and British veterans, chasing his own country\u2019s crazy foreign policy ideas, he might not be so quick to dismiss their sacrifice.\u2019<\/p>\n

Despite the UK and France being the only two countries that have made the commitment, Vance described the suggestion he was referring to them in his comments as \u2018absurdly dishonest\u2019.<\/p>\n

He wrote in a post on X: \u2018I don\u2019t even mention the UK or France in the clip, both of whom have fought bravely alongside the US over the last 20 years, and beyond.\u2019<\/p>\n

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We are pausing and reviewing our aid to ensure that it is contributing to a solution.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The decision came just hours after Trump publicly berated Ukrainian president Zelensky for suggesting that any notion of a peace plan with Russia \u2018is still very, very far away\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to his remarks on social media, Trump described Zelensky\u2019s words as the \u2018worst statement that could have been made.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It is what I was saying, this guy doesn\u2019t want there to be peace as long as he has America\u2019s backing and, Europe, in the meeting they had with Zelensky, stated flatly that they cannot do the job without the US \u2013 probably not a great statement to have been made in terms of a show of strength against Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018What are they thinking?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He later said European countries had \u2018acted very well\u2019 and were \u2018good people\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We\u2019re going to make deals with everybody to get this war (finished), including Europe and European nations. 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But I think he\u2019ll get there eventually, he has to.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Vance confirmed Ukrainian officials made at least one attempt to restart negotiations after leaving the White House, but efforts were shut down by Trump.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"636\" height=\"358\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22663000 lazyload\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/95809443-0-image-a-29_1741069453023.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>JD Vance accused Zelensky of \u2018needling\u2019 Trump at the White House<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He also used the interview as an opportunity to criticise Europe\u2019s approach to the Ukraine war, suggesting leaders were saying different things in public than they were in private.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Hannity, he said: 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It is the right thing to do, and is in our interest to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We have bolstered Ukrainian military capabilities through our commitment to provide Ukraine with \u00a33 billion-a-year in military aid for as long as it takes and through a \u00a32.26 billion loan using sanctioned Russian assets.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018In addition, we\u2019ve set up a partnership with Ukraine that allows them to use \u00a31.6 billion of UK Export Finance to buy 5,000 air defence missiles manufactured in Belfast, putting Ukraine in the strongest possible position for peace.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Defence Secretary John Healey is expected to visit the US later this week for talks with his counterpart Pete Hegseth.<\/p>\n<p>Germany and France meanwhile have reportedly started discussions of how 200 billion euros (\u00a3165 billion) of frozen Russian assets could be used as a way to hold Moscow to a potential ceasefire deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong><strong><strong>Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:webnews@metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this, <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this video isn’t available any more. 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