US Vice President JD Vance sparked European outrage Tuesday after he dismissed nations’ offers to send peacekeeping troops to a postwar Ukraine.
In an interview with Fox News, Vance said giving the US an economic stake in Ukraine would be a “way better security guarantee than 20,000 troops from some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years.”
The remarks sparked widespread condemnation in the UK: British troops have long fought alongside US forces, including in Afghanistan and Iraq. UK right-wing opposition politician Nigel Farage said “JD Vance is wrong. Wrong wrong wrong.”
Source: Europe reacts with outrage to Vance insult