From the Article:

“If you think we should do it let’s go. I just hate bailing Europe out again,” Vance replied. Hegseth agreed that “I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It’s PATHETIC.” But, he added, “we are the only ones on the planet (on our side of the ledger) who can do this.”

Miller, the Trump confidant, effectively ended the conversation by saying that the president had been clear. “Green light, but we soon make clear to Egypt and Europe what we expect in return.”

Edit: The texts are released to public

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    7 days ago

    Yea that’s another good point…and honestly if all our allies stop buying our shit, the military manufacturing here in the US is going to suffer heavily…wonder how happy they will be when the checks stop coming in.

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      7 days ago

      They’ll probably just switch investments into private prisons…

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        7 days ago

        Money isn’t worth shit if the reserve currency of the world isn’t worth anything. These companies will fuck right off to the next super power without batting an eye, and they’ll take all their tech with them.