The Daily Star has slammed remarks by US Vice-President JD Vance about a potential peacekeeping force in Ukraine. The US politician said a stake in Ukraine’s economy was a “better security guarantee than 20,000 troops from some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years”.
Both the UK and France have said they would be willing to put troops on the ground. The paper calls Vance’s remarks a “vile slur on Brit heroes”, but he has insisted he did not “even mention the UK or France”.
The fallout from Vance’s remarks is also seized upon by the Daily Express, which says veterans have branded the vice-president a “clown”. It says they have accused Vance of “dishonouring the 636 British heroes who lost their lives fighting alongside the US in Iraq and Afghanistan”.
The Daily Mirror headline said Vance “pours scorn on the heroes of our armed forces”, noting the remarks came as plans for Britain’s VE Day celebrations were unveiled. “Disgrace,” it pronounces.
One person wrote: “I really hope JD Vance appreciates how much free speech there is in the UK now.”
Republicans against Trump wrote: “The British tabloids’ response to JD Vance’s disrespectful comments about the British military.”
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