Vance’s attitude to Europe was further confirmed on March 24th when a top secret group chat conversation was leaked, involving several senior US officials, including Vice-President Vance. They were discussing a US attack on the Houthi forces in Yemen, and Vance said that he hated ‘bailing Europe out again’. The conversation, on the Signal group app, unaccountably included a senior journalist on the Atlantic Magazine, who publicised some of its contents, including Vance’s comment. Defence secretary Pete Hegseth expressed agreement with Vance, describing European ‘freeloading’ as ‘pathetic’. It’s as clear an indication of the administration’s attitude to Europe as anyone could wish for.
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