Not only that Stephen Miller was determined Europe & Egypt were going to pay for the strikes one way or another

Going to be a LOT of European diplomats & politicians on the phones tonight after this conversation

JD Vance and Pete Hegseth badmouthing Europe though…. Completely legit

And this conversation which includes trying to get Europe to pay for the operation one way or the other is probably causing a LOT of European phone calls right now

The comments on Europe will make Russia gleeful and suspect (if they haven’t been told already) the US would not honour NATO Article 5

If Russia knows (and I bet they do) that the US Administration considers Europe’freeloaders’ and hates the idea of helping them then NATO Article 5 looks a lot less scary. Especially if you can charm the US to stay uninvolved

Based on this conversation we know the US is unlikely to join in with NATO

You know if you let the bully take your lunch money, they’re just going to keep coming back for more

I’m hoping Europe has a strong answer for this because at this rate every time the US starts bombing someone/something they’re going to try to bill everyone else for it…..

They are very clear they consider Europe to be freeloading from the US this doesn’t bode well for Ukraine or European diplomacy