Rubio Outlines Vision for US-Europe Alliance at Munich Conference

Did Rubio's speech outline a path to Western revival or merely disguise the Trump administration's imperial designs on Europe?

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Rubio Outlines Vision for US-Europe Alliance at Munich Conference

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Above: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on Feb. 14. Image credit: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-Trump narrative

As Rubio articulated, if the West is to triumph in this new age of competition, it must reject the globalist order that stripped nations of sovereignty, outsourced industries to adversaries and opened borders to destabilizing mass migration. Under President Donald Trump, America is taking these steps and repairing the damage. If Europe is to recover, it must follow suit.

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Pro-Europe narrative

Rubio's gushing words about the U.S. and Europe's shared heritage and age-old friendship mask the imperial ambition laden in his speech, which demands European compliance at the threat of abandonment. European leaders must see through this façade, lest they become trapped as a permanent subordinate in the Trump administration's strategic framework.

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