Wrt the houthi strikes:
“I think we are making a mistake,” wrote Vance, adding that while only 3% of US trade goes through the Suez canal, 40% of European trade does. “There is a real risk that the public doesn’t understand this or why it’s necessary,” he added. “The strongest reason to do this is, as [Trump] said, to send a message.”
Vance was contending that once again the United States is doing what Europe should be.
Especially this bit :
The user identified as Hegseth responded three minutes later: “VP: I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It’s PATHETIC.
😂 I don’t know why exactly but this is hilarious
PATHETIC ! PATHETIC EUROPEANS 11!! 😂
Of course, not to detract from the whole story which is fucking terrible. Another day, another circus show
Hegseth calling people pathetic is rich