Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance haven’t received the warmest welcome at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Milan.
Fans watching the opening ceremony on Friday appeared to boo and jeer when the cameras cut to the Vances during Team USA’s entrance at the San Siro stadium.
Led by speedskater Erin Jackson, Team USA was first greeted with applause before the big screens flashed to the Vances in the audience, clapping and waving American flags. Their appearance on the screens was brief and prompted boos, according to pool reporters with U.S. media.
The negative reception was also acknowledged by CBC News correspondents on live television.
“There is the vice president JD Vance and his wife Usha — oops, those are not — those are a lot of boos for him,” the commentator said. “Whistling, jeering, some applause.”
The brief moment highlighted the deep unpopularity of the Trump administration on the international stage. Olympians from the United States and other countries have spoken out against the administration’s harsh immigration enforcement operations that have killed two U.S. citizens in the same city— some more pointedly than others.









