How Marco Was Received
This feels like a quiet policy shift.
(John Hinderaker) I want to add to Scott’s comments immediately below on Secretary Marco Rubio’s speech to the Munich Security Conference by asking, what did the Europeans think of it?
Actually, if you watch the video to the end, the question answers itself: Rubio got a rapturous standing ovation. The European who came out at the end to ask Marco a few questions began by saying that the room had received his remarks with “relief.” No doubt he referred to Europeans’ trepidation–misplaced, I think–about President Trump’s foreign policies. They apparently take seriously the idea that the U.S. might invade Greenland.
To some extent, of course, Trump has brought misunderstanding upon himself through his sometimes reckless chatter. Rubio is, as Scott said, the Trump administration’s best spokesman on foreign policy.
The London Times produced a long analysis of Rubio’s speech almost immediately after it was over. It grudgingly credits Rubio, but consists mostly of hand-wringing:
When Marco Rubio got off the stage at the Munich security conference after declaring “that the fate of Europe will never be irrelevant to our own”, there was relief among Europeans, with many standing to show their respect.
It was a far cry from a year earlier when his colleague JD Vance shocked and rattled those present with a speech that warned that their biggest security threat came not from China or Russia but “the enemy within”. He lambasted European allies for destroying themselves with mass immigration and censorship.
There are plenty of Europeans who think their countries are destroying themselves with mass immigration and censorship, but they aren’t the ones who attend international conferences.
In his speech, Rubio was unsparing in his critique of the globalist fantasy that took hold after WWII:
On Saturday Rubio said that the idea that “every nation would now be a liberal democracy” and that “the rules-based global order, an overused term, would now replace the national interest” was “a foolish idea that ignored both human nature and it ignored the lessons of over 5,000 years of recorded human history. And it has cost us dearly.” His speech was tightly guarded before the event, written by his inner circle with Rubio adding large chunks himself.
The Times writer, speaking for the European establishment, apparently disagrees but doesn’t say so directly. She also suggests that Trump’s (and Rubio’s) exhortations to Europe are taking hold:
European countries are looking to reduce their dependence on America. …
One of the arguments for this is the idea that the US is effectively abandoning Europe or giving up interest. However, the truth may actually be of greater concern to some European diplomats. They don’t want to give up on Europe, they want to change it. …
This feels like a quiet policy shift.
(John Hinderaker) I want to add to Scott’s comments immediately below on Secretary Marco Rubio’s speech to the Munich Security Conference by asking, what did the Europeans think of it?
Actually, if you watch the video to the end, the question answers itself: Rubio got a rapturous standing ovation. The European who came out at the end to ask Marco a few questions began by saying that the room had received his remarks with “relief.” No doubt he referred to Europeans’ trepidation–misplaced, I think–about President Trump’s foreign policies. They apparently take seriously the idea that the U.S. might invade Greenland.
To some extent, of course, Trump has brought misunderstanding upon himself through his sometimes reckless chatter. Rubio is, as Scott said, the Trump administration’s best spokesman on foreign policy.
The London Times produced a long analysis of Rubio’s speech almost immediately after it was over. It grudgingly credits Rubio, but consists mostly of hand-wringing:
When Marco Rubio got off the stage at the Munich security conference after declaring “that the fate of Europe will never be irrelevant to our own”, there was relief among Europeans, with many standing to show their respect.
It was a far cry from a year earlier when his colleague JD Vance shocked and rattled those present with a speech that warned that their biggest security threat came not from China or Russia but “the enemy within”. He lambasted European allies for destroying themselves with mass immigration and censorship.
There are plenty of Europeans who think their countries are destroying themselves with mass immigration and censorship, but they aren’t the ones who attend international conferences.
In his speech, Rubio was unsparing in his critique of the globalist fantasy that took hold after WWII:
On Saturday Rubio said that the idea that “every nation would now be a liberal democracy” and that “the rules-based global order, an overused term, would now replace the national interest” was “a foolish idea that ignored both human nature and it ignored the lessons of over 5,000 years of recorded human history. And it has cost us dearly.” His speech was tightly guarded before the event, written by his inner circle with Rubio adding large chunks himself.
The Times writer, speaking for the European establishment, apparently disagrees but doesn’t say so directly. She also suggests that Trump’s (and Rubio’s) exhortations to Europe are taking hold:
European countries are looking to reduce their dependence on America. …
One of the arguments for this is the idea that the US is effectively abandoning Europe or giving up interest. However, the truth may actually be of greater concern to some European diplomats. They don’t want to give up on Europe, they want to change it. …
How Marco Was Received
This feels like a quiet policy shift.
(John Hinderaker) I want to add to Scott’s comments immediately below on Secretary Marco Rubio’s speech to the Munich Security Conference by asking, what did the Europeans think of it?
Actually, if you watch the video to the end, the question answers itself: Rubio got a rapturous standing ovation. The European who came out at the end to ask Marco a few questions began by saying that the room had received his remarks with “relief.” No doubt he referred to Europeans’ trepidation–misplaced, I think–about President Trump’s foreign policies. They apparently take seriously the idea that the U.S. might invade Greenland.
To some extent, of course, Trump has brought misunderstanding upon himself through his sometimes reckless chatter. Rubio is, as Scott said, the Trump administration’s best spokesman on foreign policy.
The London Times produced a long analysis of Rubio’s speech almost immediately after it was over. It grudgingly credits Rubio, but consists mostly of hand-wringing:
When Marco Rubio got off the stage at the Munich security conference after declaring “that the fate of Europe will never be irrelevant to our own”, there was relief among Europeans, with many standing to show their respect.
It was a far cry from a year earlier when his colleague JD Vance shocked and rattled those present with a speech that warned that their biggest security threat came not from China or Russia but “the enemy within”. He lambasted European allies for destroying themselves with mass immigration and censorship.
There are plenty of Europeans who think their countries are destroying themselves with mass immigration and censorship, but they aren’t the ones who attend international conferences.
In his speech, Rubio was unsparing in his critique of the globalist fantasy that took hold after WWII:
On Saturday Rubio said that the idea that “every nation would now be a liberal democracy” and that “the rules-based global order, an overused term, would now replace the national interest” was “a foolish idea that ignored both human nature and it ignored the lessons of over 5,000 years of recorded human history. And it has cost us dearly.” His speech was tightly guarded before the event, written by his inner circle with Rubio adding large chunks himself.
The Times writer, speaking for the European establishment, apparently disagrees but doesn’t say so directly. She also suggests that Trump’s (and Rubio’s) exhortations to Europe are taking hold:
European countries are looking to reduce their dependence on America. …
One of the arguments for this is the idea that the US is effectively abandoning Europe or giving up interest. However, the truth may actually be of greater concern to some European diplomats. They don’t want to give up on Europe, they want to change it. …
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