Vance and his family reportedly travelled to Milan with a fleet of 14 aircraft and a motorcade of 100 vehicles.

11:40, Mon, Feb 9, 2026 Updated: 11:41, Mon, Feb 9, 2026

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JD Vance has been slammed for his motorcade. (Image: Getty)

JD Vance has been slammed on social media after requiring a 100-car motorcade through narrow streets in Milan to meet Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The enormous motorcade featured numerous Chevrolet Suburbans that struggled to navigate the cramped city streets.

One person responded on X: "Some Scandinavian PMs bike to work or take the subway, the Romanian and Moldovan presidents just go by regular commercial flights. More or less the same goes for most European heads of state. JD Vance had 14 planes fly in this motorcade and his security detail to Italy."

During his visit to Milan JD Vance had a 40 car security motorcade.

Then follows Meloni casually walking out with her security detail. pic.twitter.com/q2q2DZLH0U

— Bricktop_NAFO (@Bricktop_NAFO) February 7, 2026

Another wrote: "JD Vance went to meet Meloni in a 40-car motorcade full of Suburbans through the tiny streets of Milan."

A third commented: "His 100-vehicle motorcade required 14 planes to transport. Milanese streets are tiny and athletes can't reach venues due to VANCE-generated traffic jams."

Another added: "Vance has been a vocal critic of 'entrenched elites' and government waste, yet his own security footprint is one of the largest in history."

Vance and his family reportedly travelled to Milan with a fleet of 14 aircraft and a motorcade of 100 vehicles.

Eleven planes are designated for staff, former athletes and security, one plane is exclusively for food supplies, and two are transporting the 100 armoured vehicles.

This follows a frosty reception for the US vice president from Italians at the Olympics Opening Ceremony. On Thursday, he and his wife Usha were met with boos when they appeared on the big screen.

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He then also held a meeting with Meloni, a staunch European ally of Donald Trump's administration.

The meeting coincides with Italy's announcement this weekend that they will not be joining Trump's Board of Peace due to a "constitutional limit".