European leaders were significantly silent on Tuesday after the exchanging text between the Minister of Defense Higseth House Vice President JD Vance, who referred to their “hate” their allies for a long time.
“I share you completely hate you in the European Harrani download. It is compassionate,” said Higseth, in response to Vans, who questioned the leadership of security policies in the Red Sea to confront the Houthi aggression and reopen the shipping corridors.
Vans exploded by President Donald Trump, who directed the United States to intensify strikes against the Houthi terrorist group in Yemen and that, and that, which, With the support of IranThe escalation of attacks on commercial ships along the main trade road began after Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023 on Israel.

President Donald Trump is taking a measure against the Houthis to defend the American shipping assets and deter terrorist threats, as the White House was deployed in X on March 15, 2025. (White House)
After the offensive batch earlier this month, Vans, in the chat group chat, I sent a text message to senior security officials in the United States, Including Higseth, Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and CIA director John Ratcliffe, among other things, that “only 3 percent of American trade pass through (Suez Canal). 40 percent of European Trade.”
“There is a real danger that the public does not understand this,” he added, in reference to the road linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea. “I am not sure that the president realizes how consistently this is with his message to Europe now.”
“If you think we should do it, let's go. I just hate to save Europe again.”
However, despite the humiliating comments related to the highest allies in the United States, European leaders were significantly tightly stretched in their response when Fox News Digital continued to comment, and public data was almost not exist.
The lack of general hostility can indicate that Europe bites its tongue as it evaluates how to maintain a relationship with a routinely argument management against the value of its old European allies.
“The reality is that there is definitely an element of European loading to rely on America as one country that has the ability to face the Houthis significantly and expel them,” said Alan Mendoza, CEO of the Henry Jackson Association, an international affairs research company based in Fox News Digital. “The Houthis are a handful of desert housing terrorists, and most European countries have no capabilities to deal with this type of situation.

From left to right, President Donald Trump, Vice President C. (Photo by Anna Monicak/Getty Erch)
“This tells you how the military cabinet in naked Europe.” “The idea that 50 years ago it could have been laughing, but it is here today.”
Ultimately, Mendoza argued, there will be a “element of hypocrisy” if Europe will try to back down.
“Therefore, I think that many Europeans, although they were not admired by the way this conversation was revealed … they cannot actually oppose the article, even if we do not like the methodology of this conversation.” Thus, it is better to say a little about it instead of risking this type of the biggest argument about exchanging the burden, again, to the fore.
In the exchange of the text text, the administration officials said that the “additional economic gains” will need to “extract it in return” to the United States, which is in charge “Blasting” money from its allies.
In addition, the leader of the liberal Democrats in the United Kingdom, is usually a more realistic party for Prime Minister Kiir Starmer, Take to x To say that the exchange of text showed, “It is clear that JD Vance and its colleagues are not fit to manage a group chat, not to mention the strongest military force in the world. It must make our security services tense about the intelligence we share with them.”
Although the official responses from countries looking to achieve roads with Trump, such as the United Kingdom and France, have confirmed that they will continue to follow “cooperation” with Washington.
United Kingdom – which has the Navy and Air Force Participate severely In the face of the Houthi aggression in the Red Sea alongside the United States – Fox News Digital told “the United States is our primary ally, and we are closely cooperating more than any other two countries in defense, intelligence and security,” Fox News Digital told the Fox News Digital.

The British Rubymar recorded ship was seen soaked on March 3 after it was targeted by the Yemeni Houthi forces while traveling in the Red Sea. (Al -Jamuomia channel via Getti Earth)
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“The UK has been at the forefront of efforts to secure shipping in the Red Sea and has conducted a series of strikes in the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom over the past two years – which helped reduce the origins of the Houthi rebels in the region,” said a British embassy spokesman. “Prime Minister (Keir) was clear about the need to increase its security contribution, and the United Kingdom has led a significant increase in defense spending and the UK forces committed the power to maintain peace in Ukraine in the future.”
Likewise, a spokesman for the French embassy said: “France was not accustomed to commenting on the reported observations, regardless of its surprise. The United States is our ally and France intends to continue to cooperate with Washington.”