J.D. Vance is Booed at the Winter Olympics as a New Poll Shows How Europe Has Turned Against U.S

[riversedge]

Source: time.com

Feb 7, 2026 12:00 PM CT

Olympic opening ceremonies are traditionally unifying, non-political events—a chance for athletes from around the world to introduce their teams before the competition begins.

But when Vice President J.D. Vance appeared on the stadium’s big screen during the kickoff of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Games on Friday, the unmistakable sound of boos and jeers broke out among the crowd of 65,000 people.

While President Donald Trump seemed to brush off the reaction, telling reporters on Air Force One, “That’s surprising because people like him…He doesn’t get booed in this country,” recent polls suggest that it’s not just Vance who has a problem in Europe.

A new YouGov poll released Feb. 6 found that favorable views of the U.S. among Western European nations have fallen sharply in recent months, following Trump’s aggressive attempts to annex Greenland, his Administration’s ongoing trade war with most of its European allies, and a years-long divide over the future of NATO and European security.

Perhaps predictably, the biggest impact was seen in Denmark........................







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I think it is horrible that so many countries have turned against us--mostly because of selfish..Trump.




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MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 06: JD Vance, Vice President of the United States, and Usha Vance, Second Lady of the United States, attend the opening ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics at San Siro Stadium on February 06, 2026 in Milan, Italy.Andreas Rentz—2026 Getty Images

[Norrrm]

1. But! But! But! Trump says the world respects America again because he is Prez again.

[Dr. T]

2. Trump's dog would get booed if he had one.

And I'm not talking about Trump's pedophile chattel know as Melania. I'm surprised he hasn't sold her for two goats and a mule.

[IronLionZion]

6. Trump has plenty of dogs with names like JD, Lindsey, Mike, etc.

[Evolve Dammit]

3. Well... he's a total asshole. People see through his smarmy, condescending, vindictive bullshit.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. Outrage as video of JD Vance being booed at Olympics gets blocked on social media

Musk tried to delete the boos

Outrage as video of JD Vance being booed at Olympics gets blocked on social media www.rawstory.com/jd-vance-267...

— Sal Vadacchino 🇨🇦 (@sal-vadacchino.bsky.social) 2026-02-07T21:42:53.489Z

https://www.rawstory.com/jd-vance-2675108277

Vice President JD Vance was booed at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Italy on Friday, but at least one widely shared video of it was swiftly scrubbed from X, the social media platform controlled by former Trump administration adviser Elon Musk.

Acyn Torabi, or @Acyn, “is an industrialized viral-video machine,” the Washington Post explained last year, “grabbing the most eye-catching moments from press conferences and TV news panels, packaging them within seconds into quick highlights, and pushing them to his million followers across X and Bluesky dozens of times a day.”

In this case, Torabi, who’s now senior digital editor at MeidasTouch, reshared a video of the vice president and his wife, Usha Vance, being booed that was initially posted by filmmaker Mick Gzowski.

However, the video was shortly taken down and replaced with the text, “This media has been disabled in response to a report by the copyright owner.”

Noting the development, Torabi, said: “No one should have a copyright on Vance being booed. It belongs to the world.”

As of press time, the footage is still circulating online thanks to other X accounts and across other platforms—including a video shared on Bluesky by MeidasTouch editor in chief Ron Filipkowski.

[Jimbo S]

5. I was predicting it

I was watching the replay on NBC. I was listening for any boos directed at VP Vance or the American contingent during the Parade of Nations. NBC had any background noise muted. How convenient.

[Blasphemer]

7. They will never trust the USA again. Nor should they.

The U.S. is no longer the leader of the free world. R.I.P.

[cstanleytech]

9. That will depend on who becomes President after Trump largely.

[cstanleytech]

8. They are against Trump and his administration, not against the US itself.

[fujiyamasan]

10. Hard to say

We don’t know what kind of lasting damage he’s done.

"Trust is earned in drops and lost in buckets"