{"id":2539410,"date":"2026-01-16T14:09:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T19:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-passes-on-2026-munich-conference-where-he-torched-european-allies-last-year\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T14:10:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T19:10:32","slug":"vance-passes-on-2026-munich-conference-where-he-torched-european-allies-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-passes-on-2026-munich-conference-where-he-torched-european-allies-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance passes on 2026 Munich conference where he torched European allies last year"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fvance-passes-on-2026-munich-conference-where-he-torched-european-allies-last-year%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=2539410&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>Vice President JD Vance will reportedly skip the 2026 Munich Security Conference after a combative speech last year that alarmed European leaders. In that address,delivered early in President Trump&#8217;s second term,vance accused Europe of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/latest-facebook-files-confirm-biden-admin-censors-think-youre-too-stupid-to-govern-yourself\/\" title=\"New &#039;Facebook Files&#039; reveal Biden Admin believes you need censorship for self-governance.\">controlling online speech<\/a>,canceling elections,and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/states-push-to-rein-in-big-tech-as-federal-gears-grind-slow\/\" title=\"States Push to Rein in Big Tech as Federal Gears Grind Slow\">suppressing conservative voices<\/a>,and he met with leaders of Germany&#8217;s right-wing AfD. German officials including Defense Minister Boris Pistorius and Chancellor Olaf Scholz strongly rebuked his remarks and meetings. As then, U.S.-European relations have been uneven: the administration has at times cooperated on issues like Ukraine but has also raised tensions through rhetoric in its National Security Strategy about migration, threatened tariffs, and recent comments about Greenland that worried NATO partners.European countries have taken <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >precautionary steps &#8211; including sending troops<\/a> to bolster Greenland&#8217;s security &#8211; while negotiations and diplomatic tensions continue.  <\/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\">Vance passes on 2026 Munich conference where he torched European allies last year<\/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_2475133\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\">JD Vance<\/a> will reportedly pass on the 2026 Munich Security Conference after he rattled <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/europe\/\">European<\/a> leaders with a combative speech last year.<\/p>\n<p>The speech, delivered early in President Donald Trump&rsquo;s second term, established that the administration would be less friendly toward Europe.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4420696\/trump-threatens-tariff-countries-greenland\/\">Trump threatens to tariff other nations over Greenland acquisition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4421606\/jd-vance-marco-rubio-stick-togther-2028-election-speculation\/\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/che-guevara-loving-smithsonian-enriched-by-stimulus-bill\/\" title=\"Che Guevara-Loving Smithsonian Enriched by Stimulus Bill\">odd couple<\/a>: Vance and Rubio stick together through 2028 speculation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/4421182\/trump-lurched-populist-left-economic-proposals\/\">Trump has lurched to the populist Left with recent economic proposals<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a new sheriff in town,&rdquo; Vance said&nbsp;at the time. He also criticized Europe for controlling online speech, canceling elections, and suppressing conservative voices.<\/p>\n<p>The comments outraged many European officials. German Defense Minister&nbsp;Boris Pistorius spoke after Vance and called his comments &ldquo;unacceptable,&rdquo; refusing any suggestion that Germany&rsquo;s election system was disenfranchising voters.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I strongly oppose the impression that Vice President Vance has created that minorities are being suppressed or silenced in our democracy,&rdquo; Pistorius said.<\/p>\n<p>Vance&rsquo;s comments came directly after he met with leaders of the right-wing AfD party, which shook German leaders. German Chancellor&nbsp;Olaf Scholz said Vance&rsquo;s meeting with the right-wing leaders and his speech constituted an assault on &ldquo;the firewall against extreme right-wing parties.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Since Vance&rsquo;s address, relations with Europe have been shaky. The Trump administration has collaborated with much of Europe at times on helping Ukraine with a peace deal concerning Russia, but has also dropped the matter when tensions have flared.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration rolled out its <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3908500\/trump-administration-warns-europe-civilizational-erasure-mass-migration\/\">National Security Strategy<\/a> in December, which warned that Europe risks &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 ...an presence\">civilizational erasure&#038;rdquo<\/a>; over migration policies and posed the matter as existential to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Tariffs also threatened to worsen relations, though many European countries worked out deals with the Trump administration to lessen their effect.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s latest threats toward Greenland have many in the European national security community alarmed again.<\/p>\n<p>NATO ally Denmark owns Greenland, and any invasion of the landmass would draw other European nations into the conflict.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4421606\/jd-vance-marco-rubio-stick-togther-2028-election-speculation\/\">THE ODD COUPLE: VANCE AND RUBIO STICK TOGETHER THROUGH 2028 SPECULATION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Troops from countries such as France, Germany, Norway, and Sweden recently arrived to bolster Greenland&rsquo;s security. It&rsquo;s unclear when Trump will drop his threats or whether a deal will be reached.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Trump said he may raise tariffs on European countries that oppose the U.S.&rsquo;s proposed takeover of Greenland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vance skips 2026 Munich after hostile speech<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2539411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26008685455871.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[71162,71160,71159,71161,15469],"class_list":["post-2539410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-diplomatic-tension-2","tag-munich2026","tag-munichsecurityconference","tag-transatlantic-relations-2","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26008685455871.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539410","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=2539410"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2539414,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539410\/revisions\/2539414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2539411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2539410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2539410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2539410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}