Vance Meets Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage in London

Vice President JD Vance met with Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in London on Aug. 11, 2025, during his UK diplomatic visit. Farage's Reform UK party had become the official opposition in the UK Parliament following Labour's July 2024 election victory; Vance's meeting with Farage—a close Trump ally who was not a government minister—signaled the administration's alignment with European nationalist movements and drew criticism from Prime Minister Starmer's government.