"This is the best place both to hear the speech (otherwise the room is too noisy) and to watch the faces of people gathered around the screens. The prime ministers and presidents sit in the main hall, but plenty of other people attend the conference: security analysts, lieutenant colonels, drone engineers, deputy defense ministers, legislators, and hundreds of other people whose professional lives are dedicated to ending the war in Ukraine, bringing peace to Europe, and projecting security in the world."
"He did not refer to the democratic values and the shared belief in freedom that once motivated the NATO alliance, and that still motivate its European members. Instead, he offered a vision of unity based on a misty idea of inherited "Western civilization"-Dante, Shakespeare, the Sistine Chapel, the Beatles-which would fight against the real enemies: not Russia, not China, but rather migration, the "climate cult," and other forms of modern degeneracy."
Many attendees watched the American address in an overflow room to hear the words and observe reactions. Attendees included prime ministers, presidents, security analysts, lieutenant colonels, drone engineers, deputy defense ministers, legislators, and many professionals focused on ending the war in Ukraine, bringing peace to Europe, and projecting security. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a civil speech that avoided mentioning the war, offering no belief that Russia can be defeated and no appeal to shared democratic values. Rubio instead framed unity around an inherited notion of "Western civilization" and attacked migration, the "climate cult," and perceived modern degeneracy, producing mixed reactions and accusations of a far-right dog whistle.
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