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.
Edited by Jenna Moon in London and Brandon Livesay in New York, with Myroslava Petsa and Bernd Debusmann Jr reporting from the White House Zelensky says there should be "no compromises" with Vladimir Putin - but Trump says Kyiv will have to make concessions to reach a peace deal with Russia It was an extraordinary couple of hours.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday praised the hundreds of British troops who died fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq "alongside our allies," in an oblique rebuke of U.S. Vice President JD Vance,
Vice President J.D. Vance called out British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to his face during a Thursday press conference over
Vice President J.D. Vance clashed with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer over free speech in a heated exchange, while Trump and Starmer discussed AI, trade, and Ukraine during the diplomatic visit.
US Vice President JD Vance was firmly put in his place by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer when the VP was discussing the topic "free speech" in England and the US
Donald Trump set his 'attack dog' JD Vance on British leader Keir Starmer only for the vice president to be left looking 'bashful' after the pair clashed, a body language expert has said
Sir Keir also fact-checked Donald Trump's claim that European countries will get the money back they have given to Ukraine, in a meeting at the Oval Office that was otherwise amicable.