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babylonsister

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Mon Jul 21, 2025, 11:40 AM Monday

JD Vance's Idyllic Vacation in Foreign A-List Hotspot to Be Hijacked by Protests [View all]

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JD Vance’s Idyllic Vacation in Foreign A-List Hotspot to Be Hijacked by Protests
WE’LL BE WAITING
The Stop Trump Coalition said the vice president will “find the resistance waiting” on his English summer break, an ocean and almost 4,000 miles from DC.

Leigh Kimmins
Reporter
Updated Jul. 21 2025 10:52AM EDT
Published Jul. 21 2025 5:55AM EDT


Anti-Trump protesters have warned that they will derail JD Vance’s planned English countryside escape.

The vice president, his wife Usha, and their three children are expected to explore London in mid-August, rent a cottage in the Cotswolds, and then travel to Scotland, according to The Telegraph.

The Cotswolds, nicknamed the ‘Hamptons of England,’ is a stunning area full of rolling hills and quaint villages in the country’s southwest corner, frequented by the wealthy elite, including Hugh Grant, David Beckham, and King Charles. But Vance’s serene stay, first revealed by The Spectator, is set to be hijacked by “a coalition of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, climate protesters and trade unions,” the Telegraph reports.

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