JD Vance, the memoir writer turned vice-president, thought the air strikes against the Houthis in Yemen were “a mistake”. Pete Hegseth, the Fox News host turned defence secretary, made the case for action. “I think we should go,” he said.
Both men expressed their disdain for America’s allies in Europe just as ardently in private as Donald Trump’s administration is projecting in public. “I just hate bailing Europe out again,” Vance said.
Such exchanges among top cabinet…
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