Overview

• Approximately 100 protesters organized by the Stop Trump Coalition gathered in Charlbury under banners like “Dance against Vance” to declare the US vice-president unwelcome.
• Activists displayed slogans referencing Vance’s February White House treatment of Ukrainian President Zelensky and projected caricatures to underscore their political grievance.
• Local police and US Secret Service imposed road closures and conducted vehicle searches, drawing criticism from residents over security disruptions.
• David Lammy, the British foreign secretary, had hosted Vance for an angling photo-op at Chevening House but later reported himself to the environmental agency for fishing without the required licence.
• Vance remains on a family holiday in the Cotswolds with plans to visit Scotland later in his UK trip and there have been no reports of violent incidents or arrests.