{"id":2523406,"date":"2025-12-19T18:39:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T23:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rubio-warns-mass-migration-could-threaten-future-of-nato\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T18:42:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T23:42:57","slug":"rubio-warns-mass-migration-could-threaten-future-of-nato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rubio-warns-mass-migration-could-threaten-future-of-nato\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubio warns mass migration could threaten future of NATO"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Frubio-warns-mass-migration-could-threaten-future-of-nato%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=2523406&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>Secretary of State Marco Rubio has strongly urged European countries to preserve their <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >cultural heritage amid concerns<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/letting-aliens-reenter-legally-wont-solve-us-immigration-problem\/\" title=\"Letting Aliens Reenter Legally Won&#039;t Solve US Immigration Problem\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-blue-state-claw-back\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Blue ... Claw Back\">mass migration<\/a> threatens<\/a> the future of NATO adn Western civilization. Speaking at a press conference, Rubio warned that europe&#8217;s influx of millions of migrants could undermine the shared history, values, and principles that form the basis of the NATO alliance, reducing it to merely a defense pact. He emphasized the importance of Western cultural identity, rooted in classical history and democratic ideals, as essential to the alliance&#8217;s strength.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio expressed worry that parts of Western Europe risk losing these foundational elements, a sentiment echoed more openly in Eastern and Southern Europe.The U.S. administration, under President Donald Trump, has been frustrated by Europe&#8217;s reluctance to address these societal challenges and highlighted these concerns in its National Security Strategy, which warns of possible &#8220;civilizational erasure&#8221; transforming the continent within two decades.<\/p>\n<p>The Secretary of State also discussed difficulties related to the rapid assimilation of large numbers of migrants, especially from distant cultures, pointing to cultural and integration issues. Rubio&#8217;s remarks sparked backlash from European leaders, with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz criticizing the U.S. approach and calling for greater European independence in security policy, while European Council President Ant\u00f3nio Costa rejected what he saw as U.S. interference in European political affairs. Rubio&#8217;s press conference, which lasted about two hours, underscored the ongoing tensions between the U.S. and Europe over cultural identity and the future of transatlantic relations.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Rubio crusades for Western civilization, warning European mass migration could threaten future of NATO<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2450461\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Secretary of State <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\">Marco Rubio<\/a> on Friday offered his most explicit appeal yet for European nations to stop the &ldquo;erasure&rdquo; of their cultural inheritance via mass migration, warning that importation of millions of foreign nationals could undermine <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nato\/\">NATO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> at a press conference that NATO, sometimes referred to as the &ldquo;Western Alliance,&rdquo; could be hollowed out if <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/europe\/\">Europe<\/a> does not stay culturally Western.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3980839\/putin-signals-no-comprises-end-war-ukraine\/\">Putin signals no compromises to end war<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3927329\/european-leaders-agree-105-billion-loan-fund-ukraine\/\">European leaders agree to $105 billion loan to fund Ukraine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3908746\/us-lawmakers-navigate-fraught-dispute-between-ireland-israel\/\">US lawmakers navigate a fraught dispute between Ireland and Israel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;You go to these NATO meetings, what they will tell you is &mdash; &lsquo;our shared history, our shared legacy, our shared values, our shared priorities.&rsquo; That&rsquo;s what they talk about as the reason for this alliance,&rdquo; Rubio told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;Well, if you erase your shared history, your shared cultures, your shared ideology, your shared priorities, your shared principles &mdash; then you just have a straight-up defense agreement. That&rsquo;s all you have.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a news conference at the State Department, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;What we&rsquo;re pointing to here is that we are concerned, and particularly in parts of Western Europe, those things that underpin our alliance and our tie to them could be under threat in the long term,&rdquo; Rubio explained. &ldquo;And by the way, there are leaders in those countries that recognize that as well. &#8233;Some say it openly, some say it privately. In the eastern and southern part of Europe, they&rsquo;re much more open about it. Nonetheless, it is a factor that needs to be addressed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> administration has been frustrated for months in its efforts to court European nations into a more comprehensive agreement on shared Western values.<\/p>\n<p>In a somewhat carrot-and-stick approach, Trump and his officials have characterized the United States as &ldquo;sentimentally attached to the European continent&rdquo; and concerned about &ldquo;loss of national identities and self-confidence,&rdquo; while also being outraged at the countries&rsquo; unwillingness to address their societal ills.<\/p>\n<p>In the White House&rsquo;s latest <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-National-Security-Strategy.pdf\">National Security Strategy<\/a>, the administration stated bluntly that it fears the prospect of &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ndaa-draft-would-limit-pentagons-ability-to-reduce-european-presence\/\" title=\"NDAA draft would limit Pentagon&#039;s ability to reduce European presence\">civilizational erasure&#038;rdquo<\/a>; in Europe, believing that &ldquo;should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/limbaugh-the-tyrannical-lefts-sinister-conspiracy-to-silence-conservatives\/\" title=\"LIMBAUGH: The Tyrannical Left\u2019s Sinister Conspiracy To Silence Conservatives\">present trends continue<\/a>, the continent will be unrecognizable in 20 years or less.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>An Australian reporter asked the state secretary earlier in the conference for comment on the suspected Islamic terrorists who have been charged with perpetrating the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3923883\/bondi-beach-mass-shooting-suspect-charged-committing-terrorist-act\/\">Bondi Beach massacre<\/a>, citing the references to &ldquo;civilizational erasure&rdquo; in the NSS.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mass migration is a negative thing &hellip; and it&rsquo;s very difficult for any society to absorb and assume hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people over a short period of time &mdash; especially if they come from halfway around the world,&rdquo; Rubio told the reporter. &ldquo;There are cultural and assimilation issues related to that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Migrants confront police as they begin carrying out eviction orders at an abandoned school building where hundreds of mostly undocumented migrants had been living, in Badalona, near Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. (AP Photo\/Emilio Morenatti)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rubio spoke at length about his belief that America is the &ldquo;interior&rdquo; of &ldquo;shared culture, a shared civilization, a shared experience, and shared values and principles &mdash; on things like human rights, on freedom, on liberty, on democracy, and &hellip; on the rights of the individual&rdquo; &mdash; principles first birthed in Western Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Stretching all the way back to classical history, Rubio said, &ldquo;Anyone who doesn&rsquo;t recognize, for example, that many of the features of our system of government find their root in Roman and Greek history is a fool.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rubio refused to weigh in on &ldquo;whatever internal politics causes people to dispute this,&rdquo; but warned that those shared values are &ldquo;at the core of these special relationships we have&rdquo; in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you take that away, if that&rsquo;s wiped out because, for whatever reason, it&rsquo;s no longer a priority &mdash; I do think it puts a strain and threatens the alliance in the long term and in the big picture,&rdquo; Rubio warned. <\/p>\n<p>European leaders have been outraged by rhetoric from the U.S. regarding its long-term stability and lack of &ldquo;civilizational self-confidence.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>German Chancellor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/friedrich-merz\/\">Friedrich Merz<\/a> called portions of the NSS &ldquo;unacceptable &hellip; from the European point of view,&rdquo; saying the document showed him Europe &ldquo;must become much more independent from the U.S. in terms of security policy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">European Parliament members vote on the trans-Atlantic trade deal between the South American nations of the Mercosur bloc and the 27-nation European Union, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo\/Pascal Bastien)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3916563\/europe-turns-on-free-speech-and-the-west\/\">EUROPE TURNS ON FREE SPEECH AND THE WEST<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>European Council President Ant&oacute;nio Costa said European leaders &ldquo;cannot accept&rdquo; the &ldquo;threat of interference in Europe&rsquo;s political life.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rubio&rsquo;s Friday press conference proved to be a marathon as the state secretary tried to answer at least one question from each outlet present, going reporter by reporter through the seats. 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