‘Patetico’: i testi del segnale trapelati non sono solo imbarazzanti per l’Europa – sono un avvertimento

By Rob Harris:

*[…] The text exchanges, primarily between Vice President J.D. Vance and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, an ex-Fox News host, reveal a blunt and unvarnished view of Europe as a “freeloader”.*

*At the heart of the exchange was a decision on whether to proceed with airstrikes against Houthi militants in Yemen, with the US weighing the potential impact on Saudi oil facilities.*

*Vance’s sentiments were clear: “I just hate bailing Europe out again.” Hegseth agreed, calling the situation “PATHETIC”.*

*This candid assessment of Europe as a burden is hardly new for US officials under the Trump administration. From repeated criticisms of NATO’s defence spending to demands for higher European contributions to Ukraine’s defence, the tone has long been set.*

*But these texts – made public after TheAtlantic’s editor-in-chief was mistakenly added to the high-level group chat in the Signal app – shine a light on the more personal and informal attitudes driving US policy.*

*They make it clear that the administration has no interest in securing Europe’s interests.*

*For Vance, in particular, the military action against the Houthis was all about Europe’s so-called “free-loading” on American protection.*

*[…] In further texts released, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said while the US was going ahead with the strikes, it needed to be clear to European allies that it was not for free.*

*“As I heard it, the president was clear: green light, but we soon make clear to Egypt and Europe what we expect in return. We also need to figure out how to enforce such a requirement, e.g. if Europe doesn’t remunerate, then what? If the US successfully restores freedom of navigation at great cost, there needs to be some further economic gain extracted in return.”*

*[…] What stands out in these recent texts is the bluntness with which US officials discuss the costs and logistics of military action.*

*National security advisor Mike Waltz goes as far as saying that the US would “levy” the costs of their actions on the Europeans, an indication of how transactional these relations have become. In essence, the US is seeing Europe’s involvement as an obligation, not an alliance.*

It feels planned and reveals nothing new.

Embarassed for what?

I hate americans with all myself, I have a debilitating hatred.

I love how they say they are “paying for Europe”, when i fact they are paying for their own global power..
That is also why Trump in his first term increased spending in the gulf region.
Not to please us, but for their own pressure politics.

Because if they leave that area, their is only 1 navy strong enough in that region to take its place as control.
That of China..

Everyone can agree on one thing: it is an embarrassment

They’re a confirmation of what we already know – the US wants us to stop being so reliant on them for military matters (particularly freedom of navigation) and to build up our own militaries and become self sufficient instead.

I think most of Europe had already seen the warning signs since nearly every major player in the EU has stepped up and put more money into defence and towards Ukraine already.

What ever game Russia is playing with America and China isn’t working for them because it is only making Ukrainian resolve of joining Europe even stronger and in turn with America backing off making Europe even stronger taking up the slack.

Wonder if Russia is patting themselves on the back right now.

I find myself trying to think about some 4D chess type explanation because I can’t quite believe how stupid these people are.

it’s embarrassing for america, not for europe.

Imagine people… they work in serious institutions. This is all Americas fault, but them being such attention whores lately, to levels exceeding every attention whore + myself when I’m in that mood lol, that’s something. To have Elon Musk go on random Twitter accounts and prove his stance says a lot as well 🙂

Insecurities be waging all around from those in governing power, that’s for sure! But, sadly to just think how incapable those people are and in what power they’re at – to decide about peoples lives like that, on some literal basic instant-messaging app and to do such a fuckup.

If they do that, who knows how they’ll handle serious threat in America if it appears, them going like this, it’s just really about to become… when it happens.

Sad sight.

I’m not embarrassed, as a European. I’m fkn chuffed that we’re under their skin so much. Hate us, love us, don’t care, we will find a way to stop relying on the US, something we should have done ages ago.

Bipolar shithole.

the most truthful things are said behind closed doors