The “special relationship” between the US and the UK got awkward Thursday, when Vice President JD Vance confronted British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the Oval Office over the longtime American ally’s weakening of freedom of speech.
Campaigning in Pennsylvania last September, JD Vance seemed to strike at an unlikely political foe: the besieged president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, who’d spent most of the previous two years being hailed by Western leaders as a hero.
During his visit with Trump, Zelenskyy was expected to sign the deal allowing the U.S. greater access to Ukraine's rare earth minerals and hold a joint news conference, but that plan was scrapped after the heated engagement between the leaders in front of the news media.
The world saw tensions rise in real time as President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance shouted at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
"Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office to try to litigate this in front of the American media," Vance replied to Zelenskyy a
Zelenskyy joined Trump and Vance in the Oval Office to discuss a path for peace between Russia and Ukraine, which remain at war after the former invaded its neighbor in 2022. Howe
J.D. Vance, in an interview Monday with Fox News host Sean Hannity, gave his version of how the Oval Office meeting between he, Donald Trump and Volodymr Zelensky went downhill. Vance, whose first reaction when the meeting was brought up was to laugh and call it “great TV,
Vance appeared on the show just hours after it was reported that the Trump administration would be pausing all military aid to Ukraine following the disastrous Oval Office meeting
In an interview with FOX News host Sean Hannity, Vice President J.D. Vance addressed the Oval Office clash with Ukrainian President Zelensky, discussed the Russia-Ukraine peace process, and weighed in on Sen.
"Zelensky refused to abandon Kyiv, even after other leaders pleaded with him to leave.Trump hid in a bunker when protesters were outside the White House, then claimed he was inspecting the basement 🙄."
The fallout from a heated exchange between Trump, Zelensky, and Vice President J.D. Vance is being felt far and wide.