freeloader

In a recent leaked Signal chat with other senior officials, and giving details of planned US strikes, Hegseth referred to Europe as "freeloaders" and called their response "pathetic".

But it is precisely that fact that so riles the Trump administration and has cemented Europe in its mind as "freeloaders".

One built on the zero-sum belief that allies are freeloaders and that the liberal internationalist approach which had dominated since World War II was weak and foolish in a competitive world.

He seems to fully buy into the notion that people are poor because they are lazy freeloaders.

In these cases, examining our lousy freeloaders “might bring some new interactions to light.”