Keir Starmer responds after Trump’s Vice President JD Vance ‘brutally mocked UK’ in bizarre rant

The US Vice President had said the UK was ‘a random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 years’

Keir Starmer has responded after US Vice President JD Vance called the UK ‘a random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 years’.

The Prime Minister was over in Washington DC recently to talk to Vance and US President Donald Trump, but after Starmer’s visit the White House received Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Vance made an ’embarrassing’ comment towards Zelenskyy and to put it mildly the situation deteriorated as the Ukrainian President was asked if he had ever said ‘thank you’ for the aid sent to his country (he had, many times) and was chastised for not wearing a suit.

Other world leaders have spoken in support of the Ukrainian leader, who for three years now has defended his country from Russian aggression, and an emergency summit was held in London over the weekend in which many nations spoke of their commitment to help Ukraine.

Starmer and Zelenskyy embraced outside Downing Street when they met.

Efforts to step up and replace US aid for Ukraine, which the Trump administration has paused, were criticised by Vance who then hit out at the UK, prompting a response from the Prime Minister.

A spokesperson for the Prime Minister said: “The Prime Minister, and I think this whole country, is full of admiration for all British troops who have served, for instance, in Iraq and Afghanistan, many of whom have lost their lives in the process, and have fought, alongside allies including the United States.

“It’s very clear that their courage and bravery has helped to ensure global security, defend our values, defend our national interests.

“Our focus, once again, is on how we protect our national interests and global security by progressing the discussions to secure a lasting peace for Ukraine.”