"Inside the Rosewood Hotel, one of the heavily guarded sites of the Munich Security Conference, diplomats and politicians, past and present, mix with think tankers and aides. There are so many blue-suited people with pins on their lapels, it becomes a kind of guessing game: is that who I think it was, or just some guy? Here, the Politico Pub and the adjacent courtyard-branded Politico Platz-is one of the downtime spaces for attendees."
"The hotel restaurant is visible behind glass walls, as is a former prime minister dining at a small, round white-tableclothed table. This split screen played out across Munich this year, the premiere transatlantic get-together that, almost too perfectly, fell on Valentine's Day weekend. Last year, vice president J.D. Vance's combative Munich speech kicked off a year of U.S. marginalization and antagonization of European allies, culminating in Trump's Greenland threats."
At the Rosewood Hotel at the Munich Security Conference, diplomats, politicians, and aides mingled in informal spaces like the Politico Pub and Politico Platz. Attendees used bars and a visible dining area. The gathering coincided with Valentine's Day. The prior year began with a combative U.S. speech that triggered U.S. marginalization and tensions with European allies, capped by Trump's Greenland threats. The current U.S. delegation, led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, adopted a more conciliatory tone while maintaining MAGA policies framed as commitments to Europe. Bipartisan lawmakers and Democrats reassured partners while downplaying the crisis initiated by U.S. policies.
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