In the chats, the user identified as Vice President JD Vance expresses concerns about the strikes but ultimately agrees to go along with US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth's plan - before adding 'I just hate bailing Europe out again.'
Hegseth responds: 'I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It's PATHETIC.'
And of course they want to throw Mike Waltz under the bus:
There are claims that Mr Waltz is facing the sack over the saga - as he's believed to have been the official who 'added the editor-in-chief [of The Atlantic] to the group'.
One source told Politico: 'Everyone in the White House can agree on one thing: Mike Waltz is a f***ing idiot.'
The Financial Times reports that privately some German officials are starting to wonder out loud whether the time has come to acquire their own nuclear arsenal.
