{"id":2402842,"date":"2025-02-14T15:57:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T20:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-delegates-do-not-appear-happy-jd-vance-skewers-room-full-of-european-leaders-on-their-own-soil\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T16:01:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T21:01:19","slug":"the-delegates-do-not-appear-happy-jd-vance-skewers-room-full-of-european-leaders-on-their-own-soil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-delegates-do-not-appear-happy-jd-vance-skewers-room-full-of-european-leaders-on-their-own-soil\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Delegates Do Not Appear Happy&#8217;: JD Vance Skewers Room Full of European Leaders on Their Own Soil"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-delegates-do-not-appear-happy-jd-vance-skewers-room-full-of-european-leaders-on-their-own-soil%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2402842&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article \u2064discusses remarks made by U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance at the Munich Security Conference, where he critiqued the current state of Europe under its leaders, indicating a \u200btroubling drift towards authoritarianism and\u200d suppression of free speech. \u2062Vance asserted that the United States, especially during\u2064 Donald Trump\u2019s presidency, opposes\u2062 these trends, highlighting concerns over mass migration and its impact on societal values. He condemned the suppression of free \u200cspeech seen in various European nations, stating it is \u200bin retreat.<\/p>\n<p>Vance characterized the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-says-repeal-of-iraq-war-authorizations-would-benefit-iran\/\" title=\"McConnell Says Repeal of Iraq War Authorizations Would Benefit Iran\">present-day threats<\/a>\u200b to\u200d liberty as stemming not from historical adversaries like\u200c Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union but from the \u200c&#8221;authoritarian elites&#8221; currently in power.He emphasized that the recent surge in mass migration has led to challenges, citing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afghan-president-blames-biden-for-recent-terror-attacks-from-the-taliban\/\" title=\"Afghan president blames Biden for recent ...s from the Taliban\">recent terror attack<\/a> in Munich as a result \u200dof poor political decisions regarding immigration policies. Despite mixed reactions from the audience, Vance&#8217;s forceful defense of free speech and criticism of European political decisions resonated\u2064 well with some observers, particularly those advocating for liberal \u2064values in the West. The overarching message was a call to return to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-quietly-donated-140-million-to-advocacy-organizations-and-ballot-initiatives-in-2021\/\" title=\"Soros Donated 0 million to Advocacy Organizations and Ballot Initiatives in 2021\">core democratic principles<\/a> and resist authoritarian practices that threaten personal freedoms.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>One can sense the relief &mdash; or trepidation in some quarters &mdash; as a wayward, sclerotic, 80-year-old international order melts into oblivion.<\/p>\n<p>Who better to articulate and hasten that oblivion than the brilliant Vice President J.D. Vance?<\/p>\n<p>In a series of clips posted to the social media platform X on Friday morning, Vance made clear to an audience of prominent Europeans at the Munich Security Conference in Germany that the United States under President Donald Trump disapproves of Europe&rsquo;s drift toward the totalitarian suppression of free speech, as well as its leaders&rsquo; embrace of both mass migration and tyrannical climate policies in defiance of the will of their people, prompting one legal analyst to observe that &ldquo;the delegates do not appear happy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Unfortunately, when I look at Europe today, it&rsquo;s sometimes not so clear what happened to some of the Cold War&rsquo;s winners,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disgust-jd-vance-eviscerates-democrat-attempting-cancel-doge-employee-lengthy-takedown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vance<\/a> said at the beginning of one clip.<\/p>\n<p>One could scarcely imagine a more powerful framing of the clash between populism and elitist totalitarianism in the Western world.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The U.S.-led West vanquished the Soviet Union and thereby won the Cold War. And that victory followed on the heels of an even more glorious triumph over Nazism in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/yes-churchill-hero-hitler-villain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World War II<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Today, however, those victories appear somewhat hollow. After all, the present totalitarian threat comes from two sources. And neither of those sources has anything to do with Nazi Germany or the old Soviet Union.<\/p>\n<p>It comes, first and foremost, from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vs-u-s-study-exposes-profound-threat-authoritarian-elites-pose-ordinary-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">authoritarian elites<\/a> who dominate Western governments.<\/p>\n<p>Vance spent several minutes describing once-unfathomable government suppression of free speech &mdash; and even private prayer &mdash; in Belgium, Germany, Sweden, and especially the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/uk-woman-arrested-praying-outside-abortion-clinic-speaks-tucker-carlson-tonight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United Kingdom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In Britain and across Europe, free speech, I fear, is in retreat,&rdquo; the vice president said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&lsquo;In Britain and across Europe free speech, I fear, is in retreat&rsquo;<\/p>\n<p>US Vice President JD Vance spoke at the Munich security conference and took a swipe at Brussels, Germany, Sweden and the UK.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ci0hPtWFvG\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ci0hPtWFvG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#128250; Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X1aVj7aSSX\">pic.twitter.com\/X1aVj7aSSX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sky News (@SkyNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyNews\/status\/1890399691738657098?\">February 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The second major totalitarian threat to the people of the Western world stems from mass migration.<\/p>\n<p>Too often, young migrants, in many <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">cases military-aged males<\/a>, have arrived in Europe or the United States from parts of the world that do not venerate individual liberty, and some of those migrants have brought with them dark visions for how societies should organize themselves, how they should treat women and children, what regard they should have for speech and religious practices they dislike, and so forth.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Of all the pressing challenges that the nations represented here face, I believe there is nothing more urgent than mass migration,&rdquo; Vance said in a second clip.<\/p>\n<p>Moments later, he blamed mass migration on &ldquo;a series of conscious decisions made by politicians all over the continent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He then referred to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-breaking-afghan-asylum-seeker-plows-car-crowd-dozens-wounded-toddler-fighting-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thursday&rsquo;s terror attack<\/a> by an Afghan asylum-seeker in Munich as a product of those decisions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No voter on this continent went to the ballot box to open the floodgates to millions of unvetted immigrants,&rdquo; Vance said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">VP Vance: Out of all the pressing challenges the nations represented here face, I believe there is nothing more urgent than mass migration&hellip;We saw the horrors wrought by these decisions yesterday in this very city&hellip;No voter on this continent went to that ballot box to open the&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EafdZYK4c0\">pic.twitter.com\/EafdZYK4c0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Julio_Rosas11\/status\/1890402074610851912?\">February 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Then, in a third clip, Vance told the audience members in Germany that their hand-wringing over X owner and Trump ally Elon Musk&rsquo;s comments regarding the upcoming German elections does not justify suppression of speech. Nor do Musk&rsquo;s comments compare to the clownish, fear-mongering hysterics of Swedish climate activist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/6-years-since-greta-thunberg-warned-5-years-stop-extinction-humanity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greta Thunberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Expressing opinions isn&rsquo;t election interference,&rdquo; Vance said, &ldquo;even when people express views outside your own country, and even when those people are very influential.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And trust me, I say this with all humor,&rdquo; the vice president added, &ldquo;if American democracy can survive ten years of Greta Thunberg scolding, you guys can survive a few months of Elon Musk.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Younger readers with perfect hearing might detect something different, but I heard no laughter from the European scolds in attendance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&ldquo;If the American democracy can survive 10 years of Greta Thunburg scolding, you can survive a few months of Elon Musk,&rdquo; JD Vance in Munich. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xYpfmm484r\">pic.twitter.com\/xYpfmm484r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPostMillennial\/status\/1890403094548132137?\">February 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In a series of X posts, legal analyst <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/legal-expert-jonathan-turley-says-courts-intruding-trumps-authority-way-cant-stand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonathan Turley<\/a> praised the vice president.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While the diplomats&rsquo; applause is light, many have waited for years to hear such a defense from an American leader,&rdquo; Turley wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">VP Vance is in Munich and giving a powerful speech on free speech. For many in the embattled free speech community, this is a heartening and important moment. While the diplomats&rsquo; applause is light, many have waited for years to hear such a defense from an American leader.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonathanTurley\/status\/1890398679535677680?\">February 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Then, in a follow-up post, Turley again commented on the different reactions. Tyrannical Europeans, of course, appeared to hate the speech. But liberty-loving Americans adored it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The delegates do not appear happy, but those of us in the free speech community are perfectly euphoric,&rdquo; Turley wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&hellip;Vance is condemning those who want to defend Europe but not the defining right of free speech. He has called on these countries to stop silencing their citizens. The delegates do not appear happy, but those of us in the free speech community are perfectly euphoric.&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonathanTurley\/status\/1890399446384443443?\">February 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In short, the American-led postwar order went badly astray. It has a chance to correct its course under Trump, Vance, and their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/italian-pm-meloni-travels-us-give-un-dire-warning-illegal-immigration-doubles-italy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">populist allies<\/a> across Europe and elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>To do so, however, it can no longer emulate the totalitarian regimes our ancestors bled and died to defeat.<\/p>\n<p>Many American and European elites, authoritarians to the core of their hell-black souls, will resist that course correction. They must lose at all costs.<\/p>\n<p>Praise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/god-works-strange-ways-trump-says-powerful-moment-national-prayer-breakfast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">God<\/a> that Trump has thrown down the gauntlet here in America. 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Who better to express and accelerate this decline than the insightful Vice President J.D. Vance? In several clips shared on social media platform X on Friday morning, Vance conveyed to a group of influential Europeans at the Munich Security Conference that under President Donald Trump, the United States opposes Europe\u2019s shift towards authoritarian suppression of free speech and its leaders\u2019 acceptance of mass migration and oppressive climate policies against their citizens&#8217; wishes, leading one legal analyst to note that \u201cthe delegates do not seem pleased.\u201d Vance remarked at the start of one clip, \u201cWhen I look at Europe today, it\u2019s sometimes unclear what has happened to some of the Cold War\u2019s victors.\u201d This statement powerfully encapsulates the struggle between populism and elitist authoritarianism in Western society. <\/p>\n<p>The U.S.-led West triumphed over the Soviet Union during the Cold War following an even greater victory over Nazism in World War II. However, these victories now feel somewhat empty as contemporary totalitarian threats arise from two new sources unrelated to Nazi Germany or the old Soviet Union: first from authoritarian elites within Western governments. Vance spent time discussing unprecedented government restrictions on free speech\u2014and even private prayer\u2014in Belgium, Germany, Sweden, and particularly in the United Kingdom. He expressed concern that \u201cfree speech is retreating\u201d across Britain and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The second significant totalitarian threat comes from mass migration. Many young migrants arriving in Europe or America hail from regions that do not prioritize individual freedom; some bring with them troubling ideologies regarding societal organization and treatment of women and children as well as attitudes toward free expression and religious practices they oppose. Vance stated emphatically that \u201cthere is nothing more urgent than mass migration\u201d among challenges facing these nations.<\/p>\n<p>He attributed this issue to &#8220;a series of conscious decisions made by politicians all over&#8221; Europe while referencing a recent terror attack by an Afghan asylum-seeker in Munich as a consequence of those choices: &#8220;No voter on this continent went to vote for unvetted immigration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In another clip addressing attendees in Germany about their concerns regarding comments made by Elon Musk about upcoming German elections\u2014comments he deemed harmless\u2014Vance argued such expressions should not be suppressed nor compared with exaggerated fears voiced by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg: &#8220;Expressing opinions isn\u2019t election interference,&#8221; he asserted.<\/p>\n<p>Legal analyst Jonathan Turley praised Vance&#8217;s remarks on social media despite minimal applause from diplomats present; many have long awaited such advocacy for free speech from an American leader.<\/p>\n<p>In summary, it appears that postwar American leadership has strayed significantly off course but may have an opportunity for correction under Trump, Vance, and their populist allies globally\u2014provided they reject emulating past totalitarian regimes our ancestors fought against so fiercely. Many entrenched elites will resist this necessary change; however it must prevail for true freedom&#8217;s sake\u2014a sentiment echoed strongly by both Trump here at home and now echoed by Vance abroad where many yearn for liberty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2402843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/JD-Vance-4.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50419,32402,32082,32171,33388],"class_list":["post-2402842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-european-leaders","tag-international-relations","tag-jd-vance","tag-political-commentary","tag-public-speaking"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/JD-Vance-4.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2402842"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2402846,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402842\/revisions\/2402846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2402843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2402842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2402842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2402842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}