JOE Biden has slammed Liz Truss' economic plan as a "predictable mistake" just weeks after he called the UK his "closest ally."
The meddling US President also said he "was not the only one" who thought the Prime Minister had blundered with her mini-budget.
He made the extraordinary intervention into UK politics during a visit to an ice cream shop in Oregon on Sunday.
Asked for his opinion on Ms Truss' economic policy Biden said:"I wasn't the only one that thought it was a mistake.
"I think that the idea of cutting taxes on the super wealthy at a time when – anyway, I just think – I disagreed with the policy, but that's up to Great Britain to make that judgment, not me."
The move is sure to be met with disapproval from Ms Truss and her team at No10 – with US presidents expected to stay clear of commenting on UK policy.
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It comes after last month Biden previously hailed Britain as America's "closest ally in the world" when he met Ms Truss at the UN,in New York.
Biden's comments come after Ms Truss announced a humiliating mini budget U-turn after dramatically firing Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor.
The embattled PM confirmed that controversial plans to scrap a rise in corporation tax next year have officially been binned.
The backtrack was a massive embarrassment for the government, who have spent weeks defending the policy.
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In a tense press conference that lasted less than 10 minutes on Friday, the shaken PM said: "It is clear that parts of our mini budget went further and faster than markets were expecting.
"So the way we are delivering our mission right now has to change. We need to act now to reassure the markets of our fiscal discipline.
"I have therefore decided to keep the increase in corporation tax that was planned by the previous government."
But new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt hinted at yet another U-turn on Saturday as he suggested public spending could go up – despite Truss saying this would not happen just two days ago.
He denied the UK would return to an austerity era but admitted "difficult" decisions needed to be made on spending and tax.
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Mr Hunt told Sky News: "Spending will not go up as much as people want and there'll be more efficiencies to find and we won't have the speed of tax cuts we're hoping for, and some taxes will have to go up.
"That's the reality of the very challenging situation we face."
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