{"id":2569902,"date":"2026-02-14T06:35:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T11:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/europe-braces-for-rubio-remarks-in-munich-after-vances-fiery-address\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T06:38:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T11:38:58","slug":"europe-braces-for-rubio-remarks-in-munich-after-vances-fiery-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/europe-braces-for-rubio-remarks-in-munich-after-vances-fiery-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe braces for Rubio remarks in Munich after Vance&#8217;s fiery address"},"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\">22<\/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%2Feurope-braces-for-rubio-remarks-in-munich-after-vances-fiery-address%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=2569902&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>Marco Rubio is set to attend Munich as a leading U.S. official, perhaps the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-now-think-luigi-mangione-wasnt-even-a-client-of-unitedhealthcare-targeted-ceo-for-another-reason\/\" title=\"Police Now Think Luigi Mangione Wasn&#039;t Even a Client of UnitedHealthcare, Targeted CEO for Another Reason\">highest-ranking representative<\/a> of the Trump governance at the conference, but European officials remain cautious rather than relieved. The backdrop includes last year\u2019s remarks by Vice President JD Vance that unsettled European partners and tensions earlier this year over Greenland, which spurred NATO discussions and concerns about America\u2019s approach to its European allies. while the White House defends its foreign-policy team and goals, European observers debate whether Rubio\u2019s presence signals a toned-down but still assertive stance or a deeper shift away from the alliance-style cooperation many value.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts say Rubio may deliver a message similar in substance to prior talks, but with a different tone, aiming to reassure allies while pushing a tougher posture on issues like Russia-Ukraine and the Iran deal. Yet many caution that there is little new to be expected beyond reasserting certain Trump-era lines,and that trust with Europe remains fragile. The State Department has not previewed rubio\u2019s exact remarks, which are anticipated to address ongoing security concerns and negotiations, including Ukraine and iran, as he meets leaders such as Zelensky and Viktor Orban. the conference is viewed as a test of whether the U.S. can repair or redefine its <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >transatlantic relationships amid shifting geopolitical dynamics<\/a>.  <\/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\">Europe braces for Rubio remarks in Munich after Vance&rsquo;s fiery address<\/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_2504885\" 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> may be the highest-ranking administration official representing President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> at this year&rsquo;s Munich Security Conference, but <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/europe\/\">European<\/a> counterparts are not sighing with relief, at least not yet.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\">JD Vance<\/a> roiled Europe last year with his remarks to the conference when he told the continent it was its own greatest threat, not <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\">Russia<\/a> or <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\/\">China<\/a>, and that there was &ldquo;a new sheriff in town&rdquo; &mdash; Trump.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4457226\/aoc-populism-munich-rules-based-order\/\">AOC &#8216;working-class perspective&#8217; on foreign policy mirrors global elite at Munich Security Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/4453121\/jimmy-lais-fate-is-a-warning-for-taiwan\/\">Jimmy Lai&rsquo;s fate is a warning for Taiwan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/4454887\/united-states-israel-different-objectives-iran\/\">The US and Israel have different objectives in Iran<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Vance&rsquo;s remarks may have been complemented with diplomatic meetings, but they previewed the Trump administration&rsquo;s more antagonistic approach to Europe. That posture triggered a military response earlier this year in reaction to the president&rsquo;s desire to &ldquo;own&rdquo; Greenland, with European allies deploying resources to the Danish territory.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4456727\/munich-security-conference-early-stage-2028-democrats\/\"><strong>MUNICH SUMMIT BECOMES EARLY STAGE FOR 2028 DEMOCRATS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tensions over Greenland have eased since <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nato\/\">NATO<\/a> Secretary Mark Rutte facilitated discussions among the U.S., Denmark, and Greenland regarding the U.S. being granted sovereignty over some of the Danish kingdom&rsquo;s land to build more military bases and a share in its critical minerals. But those tensions hang over this year&rsquo;s conference, even with Rubio leading the delegation.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio may have a reputation for being a Republican the world is more accustomed to, but one European ambassador told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> she was withholding judgment about the Trump administration&rsquo;s decision to send Rubio to the conference instead of Vance until after the secretary&rsquo;s own remarks on Saturday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This may mean that the administration has come to realize how damaging the Greenland moment was to its interests and is now trying to send reassuring signals,&rdquo; a second European official told the <em>Washington Examiner.<\/em> &ldquo;But whatever happens, there has been a major shift in Europe that cannot easily be reversed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The White House and Vance&rsquo;s office have discouraged speculation regarding why Vance did not go to Munich. Multiple aides, for example, contended it was never the administration&rsquo;s intention for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> to become a fixture at the conference.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The vice president never considered attending the Munich Security Conference this year,&rdquo; a source familiar with the matter told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But for the likes of historian David Greenberg, Rubio sends &ldquo;a different kind of message&rdquo; to the conference than Vance.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What strikes me is that both of them can co-exist in the same administration, given their radically different views of foreign policy, international relations, and America&rsquo;s role in the world,&rdquo;&nbsp; Greenberg told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> of Vance and Rubio. &ldquo;Perhaps Trump likes having a &lsquo;team of rivals&rsquo; approach, being able to make the call after getting differing advice from different aides. Or perhaps he just revels in being unpredictable. Either way, the risk is that we fail to develop strong, enduring relations of trust with our European allies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/4456382\/controversial-car-stop-start-systems-end-trump-deregulation\/\"><strong>CAR STOP-START SYSTEMS MAY GO AWAY THANKS TO TRUMP DEREGULATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The White House stridently disagreed. Aides, for instance, asserted that Trump &ldquo;has assembled the most talented team in history,&rdquo; which is &ldquo;working in lockstep to notch wins for the American people both at home and abroad.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The president and his team have flexed their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-decried-trumps-putin-posture-but-hail-mikhail-gorbachev-as-a-good-communist\/\" title=\"Media Decried ...\u2019s Putin Posture But Hail Mikhail Gorbachev As A Good Communist\">foreign policy prowess<\/a> to end decades-long wars and secure peace in the Middle East,&rdquo; White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;The entire administration is working together to restore peace through strength and put America First.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, for Democratic strategist Andrew Bates, Trump has broken his promise &ldquo;to make the world more secure, instead pouring gasoline on fires and driving our closest allies toward competitors like China.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s making us weaker and poorer,&rdquo; Bates told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;The best thing for all of us would be for Rubio to signal a less un-American course.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>To that end, American Enterprise Institute nonresident senior fellow Heather Conley predicted that this year&rsquo;s conference attendees would &ldquo;hear the same policy messages&rdquo; from the Trump administration as they did last year, &ldquo;but in a more toned-down presentation.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A year ago, the U.S. would &lsquo;no longer tolerate an imbalanced&rsquo; defense relationship,&rdquo; Conley, a former president of the German Marshall Fund and State Department alumna, told the <em>Washington Examiner.<\/em> &ldquo;This year, the U.S. called for moving &lsquo;from dependency to partnership.&rsquo;&nbsp;Hopefully there is growing appreciation inside the administration that working constructively with your partners toward your policy goals is more effective than publicly attacking them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4449678\/vance-rubio-2028-presidential-ticket-exposure-milan-olympics\/\"><strong>VANCE AND RUBIO GET 2028 PRESIDENTIAL TICKET EXPOSURE IN MILAN FOR OLYMPICS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But for Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow Liana Fix, &ldquo;from a European perspective, there&rsquo;s little new that Vance could have offered apart from leading to renewed tensions after the transatlantic crisis over Greenland.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They also don&rsquo;t think that any more reconciliatory message from State or Pentagon really makes a difference in the difficult territory that U.S.-Europe relations are headed,&rdquo; Fix told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;The U.S. is perceived as much more adversarial towards Europe than in the past; and that is a feature of U.S. foreign policy that is expected to stay.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The State Department declined to preview Rubio&rsquo;s remarks, though he is expected to address ongoing troubles with the Russia-<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\">Ukraine<\/a> war and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a> amid negotiations for a new nuclear nonproliferation deal that the U.S. hopes will also include restrictions on Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei&rsquo;s ballistic missile program and some democratic guarantees.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Before departing for Munich, Rubio, who is poised to meet foreign leaders from Ukrainian President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\/\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hungary\/\">Hungarian<\/a> Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/viktor-orban\/\">Viktor Orb&aacute;n<\/a>, told reporters traveling with him to the conference that he anticipates his remarks will be &ldquo;well-received.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4456922\/taco-or-tactical-trumps-threats-risk-obscuring-his-results\/\"><strong>TACO OR TACTICAL? TRUMP&rsquo;S THREATS RISK OBSCURING HIS RESULTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The world is changing very fast right in front of us,&rdquo; the secretary said. &ldquo;The old world is gone &ndash; frankly, the world that I grew up in &ndash; and we live in a new era in geopolitics, and it&rsquo;s going to require all of us to sort of reexamine what that looks like and what our role is going to be.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He continued: &ldquo;Europe&rsquo;s important to us. We&rsquo;re very tightly linked to Europe.&nbsp;I think most people in this country can trace both their cultural or their personal heritage back to Europe, so we&rsquo;re deeply tied to Europe and our future.&rdquo;<\/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>EU wary as Rubio leads Munich talk after Vance&#8217;s tirade<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2569903,"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\/02\/AP26044510648674.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[8447,17921,5112,5438,15469],"class_list":["post-2569902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-europe","tag-munich","tag-remarks","tag-rubio","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26044510648674.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569902","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\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2569902"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2569907,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569902\/revisions\/2569907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2569903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2569902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2569902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2569902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}