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Are we pathetic freeloaders?
5 Live listeners have their say with Nicky Campbell
The US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth apparently sent a message in a private group chat saying "I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It's PATHETIC". He was responding to what appeared to be a message from the US Vice President JD Vance saying he hates "bailing Europe out again.鈥� The White House has confirmed that a journalist was inadvertently added to the secret group chat where senior US officials discussed plans for a strike against the Houthi group in Yemen. Nicky Campbell asked 5 Live listeners if we are pathetic freeloaders?
