An unlikely connection between JD Vance and David Lammy

US Vice President JD Vance will be on vacation in the UK – the trip will include a visit to Cotswolds, Scotland and go all out, with a few days to live with Foreign Secretary David Lammy in his spacious countryside home, the butter house in Kent.

On the surface, this seems unlikely. One grew up in North London and the other was Rust Belt in Ohio.

One is a leftist advocate of multiculturalism, and the other is a conservative, although he joked that Britain was “the first real Islamic state” and used nuclear bombs as “the first real Islamic state.”

However, despite the difference between Lanmi and Vance, they seem to be their best friends.

Vance talked enthusiastically about their relationship as he had a brief chat with the media in the living room with the Foreign Secretary.

“I have to say that I’ve really become a good friend and David has become a good friend of mine,” he said. “Our family really likes each other’s companies, which always helps.”

The cream shop is set on 3,000 acres of land that includes the maze and lake, the first destination for two families on Friday morning to fish.

Vance joked that the event had his children caught the carp, which made the event “pressurized on special relationships” while the Foreign Secretary returned empty-handed.

Rami seemed to be in pain and told the vice president that he was “happy” to welcome him and his family to the 115-room buttercream, which he described as “my home.”

Strictly speaking, the 17th-century estate belongs to the state, but cabinet ministers, especially diplomatic secretaries, can use it for family vacations or meetings with foreign guests.

The vice president was impressed by his friend’s weekend retreat.

Vance acknowledged that the two were from “different political scopes”, but said Rami was “friendly enough to get you to visit [Washington] DC, we know each other a little bit”.

Since the first meeting, Lammy has opposed that Vance has just been elected to the U.S. Senate, and they regularly meet at the inauguration of the new pope in May.

Last week, Rami Tell the guardian He, Vance and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, partnered at the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Rome.

“I had a big feeling that JD was totally related to me, and he was totally related to Angela. So it was a wonderful hour and a half,” he said. “I was probably the shyest of the three.”

He said, like Vance, Reiner, like himself, was “not only a working-class politician, but also a childless person.”

Lammy’s parents broke up as a teenager. His father went to the United States and Ramy would never see him again.

Vance tells the story of his own upbringing – including an absent father and a drug-addicted mother – in his best-selling memoir, The Country Man.

Although their lives are more tricky, both have been in prestigious American universities. Rammy studied at Harvard, where he met and met Barack Obama. Vance went to Harvard’s rival Yale – “Not so good” Rami joked.

The two men also made connections about their Christian faith. Vance turned Catholic as an adult and visited Washington DC to attend Mass earlier this year.

The two have other things in common, though neither wants to get people’s attention: their previous comments about Donald Trump are not that likable.

JD Vance’s past verdict – “reproachable”, “idiot”, “I never like him”.

And Lumi’s? “Tyrant” and “a nasty woman, neo-Nazi sympathizes with social perversion”.

Whether it is a political expediency or a real inner change, both have revised their views.

But how far a personal relationship is when there are many other factors at work – whether it is the national self-interest For tariffs, Or is there a difference in opinion in the situation in Gaza?

“Especially under this administration,” said Bronwen Maddox, CEO of Chatham House International Affairs Think Tank.

She added: “Trump deliberately personalized these things.”

That’s why Lammy – despite his natural affiliation with the Democratic Party of America – was responsible for building bridges with Republican opponents even before the election.

While it may be a daunting task, Republican chairman Greg Swenson said his party tends to feel stronger about Britain than Democrats.

Vance and Trump have criticized Britain in the past, but Svenson said “from a good place.”

“Both want something that suits the UK best…you never want to see your friends make mistakes.”

But if Rami thinks his friendship with Vance is exclusive, he may be disappointed.

The vice president also met with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, and Nigel Farage, who reformed Britain, suggested that he might be the same.

Between meetings with British politicians, Vance will squeeze on a trip to the Cotswolds – which could anger these Americans, such as TV chat host Ellen DeGeneres, who fled to the area Especially to escape Trump and his assistant.

There are also reports that singers paired with couples Beyonce and Jay-Z have been searching for homes in the area.

explain The area’s attraction to the richWriter Plum Sykes told the BBC’s PM program that it combines a desire for countryside and a need for charm.

“Americans can’t go to Wales and survive like they did in the Cotswolds, where you can buy matcha lattes and take a gyroscope.

“The business of private jet staff at Cotswolds Airport has been through the roof.”

Vance reportedly lives in a house very close to Diddly Squat – a farm and bar belonging to broadcaster Jeremy Clarkson.

This is the possibility of embarrassing encounters between the two. Clarkson had previously criticized Vance for “God of Beards-Butler” as one of his more printable insults.

But friendships may still blossom, after all, all unlikely relationships seem to be as stylish as the current Cotswolds.