The vice president said in an interview with UnHerd that ‘European leaders have radically underinvested in security, and that has to change.’
Vice President JD Vance says most European countries do not have armies that could defend themselves against an attack and that the continent has relied on the United States for its security for too long.
In an interview with UnHerd, Vance, 40, said, “The reality is, it’s blunt to say it, but it’s also true, that Europe’s entire security infrastructure, for my entire life, has been subsidised by the United States of America.”
Vance said a lack of investment in defense meant that “most European nations don’t have militaries that can provide for their reasonable defense.”
He said Britain, France, and Poland were exceptions but that overall, European leaders had “radically underinvested in security.”
Defense spending in Poland is expected to reach 4.7 percent of GDP this year, and its army is 207,500 strong, making it the third largest in NATO in terms of personnel, after the United States and Turkey.
On March 28, Vance visited Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, which President Donald Trump has said he wants…
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