US hostility to EU obvious from airstrikes security breach

[struggle4progress]

... The most colourful exchange on the Signal thread on which Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was copied in, saw Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth b**** about the Europeans.

In response to Vance's reservations about the US taking military action to safeguard a shipping route through which only 3% of exports are American, Hegseth said: "VP: I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It’s PATHETIC."

This after the vice president griped: "I just hate bailing Europe out again."

Stephen Miller, White House Deputy Chief of Staff, weighed in. President Trump was dead set on attacking Houthi positions "but we soon make clear to…Europe what we expect in return. We also need to figure out how to enforce such a requirement. EG, if Europe doesn’t remunerate, then what?" ...

https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2025/0325/1503985-us-airstrikes-yemen/

Parade of brain-dead zombies chants "FU EU! FU EU!" as it marches along

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. I saw a similar piece on The Guardian's website earlier.

Now I can't find it there. Thanks to RTE!

[rickyhall]

2. When democracy returns the Republicans must be gone.