JD Vance has taken aim at the UK and Europe over what he claimed was “backsliding” free speech and democracy.
The US vice president held no punches when addressing European leaders at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Friday.
“It’s not clear what’s happened to the Cold War’s winners,” he said, taking the leaders to task on issues like migration, security and democracy.
Speaking specifically about the UK, Mr Vance criticised the country for the jailing of Adam Smith Connor – who was imprisoned for breaching a safe zone around an abortion clinic in Bournemouth.
Mr Vance’s speech was the latest wake-up call for the UK and European nations in terms of security and the Trump administration’s new foreign policy aims.
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