"In 2025, Vance said that the threat he worried the most about for Europe is not Russia, China, or any other external actor. It was the "threat from within," particularly perceived restrictions on free speech."
"He told the audience: "We want allies who are proud of their culture and of their heritage, who understand that we are heirs to the same great and noble civilization, and who, together with us, are willing and able to defend it.""
""We in America have no interest in being polite and orderly caretakers of the West's managed decline," Rubio declared."
Marco Rubio delivered a reassuring message to European allies at the Munich Security Conference while echoing policies that downplay key threats to the United States and the transatlantic alliance. Wolfgang Ischinger expressed visible relief at Rubio's tone. J.D. Vance previously emphasized a "threat from within," spotlighting perceived restrictions on free speech and stoking controversy through Signalgate and Oval Office confrontations. Rubio stressed shared heritage and unity, declaring enduring cultural ties and a willingness to defend Western civilization. Rubio framed a direct approach as renewal, rejecting a role as caretaker of a perceived Western decline and criticizing excess faith in open borders and institutions.
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