The US news website BuzzFeed published a report titled "People are calling out JD Vance for his offensive comment about the US borrowing money from 'Chinese peasants', and it's shocking even for him", stating that in a now-viral clip, Vance discussed the Trump administration's foreign trade policies with China by directly insulting Chinese people.

"We borrow money from Chinese peasants to buy the things those Chinese peasants manufacture," Vance said.

The report commented: "If there's one thing Vice President JD Vance is going to do, it's embarrass Americans everywhere."

The report said that people are appalled at Vance's statement. "Genuinely how does a vice president get away with calling Chinese people 'peasants' in 2025," one person wrote.

Others pointed out the advantages that China has over the US, said the report. "'Chinese peasants' are enjoying the world's largest high-speed rail network, the world's most advanced EV cars, they live in one of the safest countries in the world with little crime, they have more affordable and better healthcare, cheaper groceries and some of the most advanced and futuristic cities on the planet. But yet this guy is mad because China should have just stayed poor and been a manufacturing country for the benefit of America. I wish JD Vance would go to China so he could learn the truth."