Politico’s Owner Praises J.D. Vance’s ‘Inspiring’ Speech

The owner of Politico has praised the “inspiring message” of J.D. Vance’s speech that was met with horror in Europe, as he berated the continent’s politicians for their “whiny” response to the vice-president, the Financial Times reports.

Said Mathias Döpfner, chief executive of Axel Springer: “The fact that most of the Europeans just reacted… in a kind of whiny tone — I think that is unsmart, it’s unstrategic and it’s even dangerous because we need a transatlantic security alliance and we need a transatlantic trade relationship.”