Europe and London are angry that they are being assessed by the Trump administration as a "pathetic sight"

Correspondence between representatives of the US administration about allies in a chat in the Signal messenger caused resentment and anger in Europe and the UK. This was reported by the European edition of Politico.

According to the British diplomat, London was stunned by the leak of information about the correspondence of officials from Washington. The interlocutor of the newspaper called the incident "wild" and suggested that Vice President Jay Dee Vance is the ideologue of the hostile attitude of the United States towards Europe, forcing the American leader Donald Trump to take a tougher stance, "because he does not want to look weaker than Vance."

Politico notes that the hopes of European allies that the Washington administration criticizes them only publicly, and privately expresses sympathy, have evaporated.

"The way they talk about Europe when they think no one is listening to them is sobering. But, at the same time, it is not surprising. It's just that now we have seen their arguments in all their undiplomatic glory," the European diplomat told the publication.

His colleague noted that Brussels' trust in Washington has been seriously undermined.

"At the moment, despite sometimes pleasant diplomatic statements, trust has been undermined. There can be no union without trust. So, I think that Europe has to do much more, because there is no other choice," he said, commenting on the possibility of restoring trusting relations between the allies.

The editor-in-chief of the Atlantic analytical magazine Jeffrey Goldberg, whose publication about the leak of secret military data through correspondence in the Signal messenger caused a scandal in Washington, London and the capitals of the European Union, said that the user "JD Vance" (the name of the US vice president) focused on the fact that the actions of the Yemeni Houthis cause more damage to European allies. Washington than the United States itself. He noted that he was ready to agree with the plan providing for strikes, although he did not want to "save Europe again." The user "Mike Waltz" (the name of the assistant to the US President for national security) replied that the capabilities of the EU Navy are limited. He also noted that Washington wants to "recover from the Europeans" part of the costs of the American side to strike at the Houthis. The user "Pete Hegseth" (the name of the head of the Pentagon) stressed that he "shares the disgust for the freeloading of Europeans," calling it a "pathetic sight." At the same time, he agreed that it was the United States that should strike at the Houthis.

As EADaily reported, the American human rights organization American Oversight filed a lawsuit in the Federal court of the District of Columbia against US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, head of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as well as the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) because of the use of the messenger Signal to discuss the fighting against the Yemeni Houthis, which resulted in a leak.