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What are the US and Europe doing to counter Houthi strikes in the Red Sea?

In a messaging group that mistakenly disclosed plans by the U.S. to attack Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis to a journalist, senior Trump administration officials including persons identified as Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accused Europe of “free-loading” and questioned whether the U.S. should be “bailing Europe out again”. Here is how the …