The leaking of a US government Signal group showcased one thing in full force: JD Vance’s hatred of Europe is driving foreign policy, writes Eliot Wilson

We have all done it. Including someone in a group chat or an email chain who should not be privy to the contents can be embarrassing or downright damaging. Few of us, however, are members of the Principals Committee of the United States National Security Council, which elevates last week’s flabbergasting breach of security to a new level of seriousness.

While we shake our heads at the national security advisor, a former colonel in the Green Berets, using emojis to sum up US foreign policy, there are some elements of the content we should not overlook. Running through the machismo and frat-house aggression is one very significant thread: the profound antipathy of Vice President JD Vance towards the nations of Europe.

This should not be a surprise. The speech he gave at the Munich Security Conference in the middle of February hardly pulled its punches: he talked about “the retreat of Europe from some of........

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