'Vance needs to wind his neck in': VP enrages Brits with 'deeply disrespectful' Hannity interview

04 March

While trying to explain away the turmoil that unfolded Friday at the White House between the Trump administration and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Vice President JD Vance on Monday told Fox News’ Sean Hannity the path to "real security guarantees" for the Ukranian people "is to give Americans economic upside in the future of Ukraine."

“That is a way better security guarantee than 20,000 troops from some random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 or 40 years," Vance added.

Observers zeroed in on Vance's comment, suggesting, as La Repubblica's United Kingdom correspondent Antonello Guerrera wrote in a tweet, that Vance was "[downplaying] British [and] French peacekeeping troops" with his remark.

As reported in the Sun, international condemnation was quick.

”I seem to remember rather a lot of coffins being unloaded at Wootton Bassett during that war we never fought," British journalist Madeline Grant wrote.

“Vance needs to wind his neck in," former Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer, who served as a commando in Afghanistan, said.

“Show a bit of respect and stop making yourself look so unpleasant," he added.

Shadow Defence Secretary James Cartlidge also took issue with Vance for being "deeply disrespectful [and] ignoring such service and sacrifice of British troops."

“A feeling that losses the British military took fighting alongside America in Iraq and Afghanistan (at American request) have been written out of history; their dead comrades disrespected," UK security analyst Jimmy Rushton wrote of Vance's remark.

This comes as Trump on Monday halted financial support for Ukraine. A White House official told CNN, "We are pausing and reviewing our aid to ensure that it is contributing to a solution." Trump and Vance have continuously claimed Zelenskyy is insufficiently grateful to the United States for its support in the nation's fight against Russia.

While Europe has out-spent the U.S. in aid to Ukraine, Trump argues he is the only one who can end the war.

Still yet, others seemed to downplay the vice president's comments, including Vance himself:

“This is absurdly dishonest," Vance wrote on X. "I don’t 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.”

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