“We are meeting Trump with protests in Aberdeen and Edinburgh this month, and then London and Windsor in September,” a spokesperson for the Stop Trump Coalition told The Telegraph.
“JD Vance is every bit as unwelcome in the UK as Donald Trump,” they added. “We remember how Vance cut short his ski trip in Vermont because he was so enraged by the sight of a few protesters.
“We are sure that, even in the Cotswolds, he will find the resistance waiting.”
The vice-president was faced with hundreds of pro-Ukraine protesters during a family holiday to Vermont in March – just days after his dramatic showdown with President Zelensky in the White House.
The family were moved to an undisclosed location after being targeted by demonstrators, who told Vance he was a “national disgrace” and urged him to “go ski in Russia”.
JD Vance’s plans to bring his family to the Cotswolds this summer have been met with fury from campaigners, who say the US vice-president is “every bit as unwelcome in the UK as Donald Trump”. Vance is reportedly hoping to bring his wife, Usha, and their three young children to Britain in August, first stopping off in London before renting a cottage in the rural southwest England region, known for its rolling hills and picturesque towns and villages. He is then expected to continue onto Scotland, where protesters are planning large-scale action in response to Trump’s trip later this month and his UK state visit in September.
While the vice-president’s itinerary has not been finalised, sources say Vance himself took a lead role in finding the Cotswolds cottage, where he is doubtless hoping for a quiet countryside break with Ewan, eight, Vivek, five, and Mirabel, three. Such illusions could be short-lived, however, with an anti-Trump coalition of activists pledging to disrupt his stay and warning that he will “find the resistance waiting”.
Trump’s second-in-command hasn’t done much to endear himself to Brits in the intervening months, and was even accused of disrespecting British forces in the spring after appearing to describe it as “some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years” – a comment he quickly backtracked on.
But UK officials reportedly view the upcoming trips of both President and VP as an indication of close relations with the US, in spite of its ‘America First’ stance.
“The ties run deep,” one Whitehall source said. “Whatever any policy differences, the history, heritage and appeal of the United Kingdom are a huge draw to the current administration.”
News of the consecutive visits follows the agreement of a US-UK trade deal, the first to be announced after Trump’s sweeping ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs, which included slashed levies on car and beef exports.