Europe should have fewer ‘fancy conferences’ and ‘get in a boat’ because it needs the Strait of Hormuz more than America does, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has said.
Speaking at a press conference, Hegseth hit out at the continent for a lack of support over the US war on Iran, telling reporters: ‘This should not be America’s fight alone.
‘We barely use the Strait of Hormuz as a country. Our energy doesn’t flow through there, and we have plenty of energy.’
He went on to claim that Europe and Asia have benefitted from US protection for decades, ‘but the time for free riding is
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