President Donald Trump has defended comments made by Vice President JD Vance after he launched a scalding attack on European democracies. The US Vice President used his speech at the Munich Security Conference on Friday (14 February) to say the greatest threat facing the continent was not from Russia and China,

President Donald Trump takes questions from the Oval Office while he signs executive orders.

US Vice-President JD Vance has launched a scalding attack on European democracies, saying the greatest threat facing the continent was not from Russia and China, but "from within". It had been expected that Vance would use his speech at the Munich Security Conference to address possible talks to end the war in Ukraine.

"Make no mistake, President Trump will not allow anyone to turn Uncle Sam into 'Uncle Sucker,'" Hegseth told a press conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels. Europe should be primarily responsible for defense on the European continent,

Pentagon head Pete Hegseth defended Trump's Ukraine negotiations with Putin and urged allies to 'make Nato great again' US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth rejected criticism on Thursday of Washington's negotiating strategy with Russia on the war in Ukraine and warned Europe against treating America like a "sucker" by making it responsible for its

After taking charge of the Pentagon, US defense secretary Pete Hegseth has called for Europe to handle its own defence and not treat America like a ‘sucker’.