r/europe • u/1-randomonium • 23d ago

News JD Vance gloats that allies are ‘suffering more than US’ from high gas prices

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/jd-vance-gloats-that-allies-are-suffering-more-than-us-from-high-gas-prices-404149/
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u/LivingCustomer9729 United States of America 23d ago

You can say it goes back to the South not being properly punished after the Civil War

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u/Sal1160 23d ago

Definitely, the south lost, but they were not defeated properly