Vice President JD Vance declared in a Tuesday interview that Europe must stop being America’s “permanent security vassal” while slamming continental leaders for repeatedly ignoring voters on immigration.
“Europe’s entire security infrastructure, for my entire life, has been subsidized by the United States of America,” Vance argued in an interview with British website UnHerd.
The vice president specifically noted that with the possible exception of Britain, France, and Poland, “most European nations don’t have militaries that can provide for their reasonable defense.” He emphasized that European leaders have “radically underinvested in security, and that has to change.”
“It’s not good for Europe to be the permanent security vassal of the United States,” Vance said.
Vance’s comments align with the Trump administration’s frequent criticism of European nations…
