Vance Tells Europeans to Stop Shunning Parties Deemed Extreme

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20. Axios: Vance takes MAGA to Munich with speech scolding European leaders

https://www.axios.com/2025/02/14/vance-munich-speech-free-speech-afd

Vance takes MAGA to Munich with speech scolding European leaders

Barak Ravid

Munich - Vice President JD Vance shocked many European leaders who came to his speech at the Munich Security Conference expecting to hear about Ukraine, when he instead focused on what he called "the threat from within" Europe.

Why it matters: Vance dove headfirst into the politics of America's European allies, lambasting what he described a "retreat" from shared democratic values when it comes to issues like abortion, social media censorship and immigration.

• "If American democracy survived 10 years of scolding from Gretta Thunberg, Europe can survive several months of Elon Musk," Vance joked. Almost nobody in the room laughed.

Driving the news: Many European officials hoped to hear from Vance about the Trump administration's strategy for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. Vance said only one sentence on that issue, before lecturing his audience over mass immigration and free speech.

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