JD Vance speaking in 2025, a year before he became vice president. (Creative Commons 4.0/Gage Skidmore)Trump Administration officials have repeatedly complained that past administrations have been spending too much money defending Europe from Russia, and called on the U.S. to focus its scarce American military resources in East Asia to deter China. About a year before becoming vice president, JD Vance espoused this view at the 2024 Munich Securi…
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