Remarks by Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are fueling concerns that the U.S. will move away from Europe and align with Moscow.
The US president has upended America's longstanding support for Ukraine and sidelined Europe in the process. US defence secretary Pete Hegseth says European security is no longer a US priority. Vice-President JD Vance attacks the very nature of European democracy.
I gathered two things from Vice President J. D. Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s remarks in Europe. First, Europe was not doing enough militarily for Ukraine, its own defense
After visits by Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, top European officials threw “a temper tantrum” in the words of one observer, which featured wailing, gnashing of teeth,
Speeches delivered by J. D. Vance and Pete Hegseth were not just verbal lashings of America's allies but a wholesale rejection of eighty years of U.S. foreign policy.
Trump spoke on the phone to Russian President Vladimir Putin about ending the conflict, a development that caught Europe by surprise. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced, als
While Hegseth stressed that the U.S. remains committed to NATO – "full stop" – three points that he emphasized created greater doubts. The ball is now in Europe's court to address those three points with initiatives at the NATO summit,
OPINION: Team Trump decided to tell Europe some truths last week. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth offered the most unremarkable truth: Ukraine can’t win its war with Russia, so i
In general Europeans are glumly conceding the Trump team has a point, at least on Ukraine and defense matters.
In all, it was a bruising, 72-hour crash course in the geopolitical realities of a job that critics complain Mr. Hegseth, a 44-year-old former National Guard infantryman and Fox News host, is unqualified to hold. Mr. Hegseth’s trip to Europe, his first overseas visit since being sworn in on Jan. 25, started off on an unusual note.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's attention-grabbing overseas debut may have irritated some key Republicans and alienated allies in Europe, where his statements on Ukraine and NATO went down like a lead balloon. But his forceful ...
European countries are unprepared for being abandoned by the United States. But it’s not without options for ensuring security.