Welcome to our dwell protection of the Trump administration for Saturday, the place we’ll start with a specific concentrate on Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s speech at the Munich Security Conference.
The gathering in southern Germany, which brings collectively officers from internationally to debate worldwide safety and maintain diplomatic talks, has taken on added weight in mild of the growing divide between the United States and Europe.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz famous starkly that the worldwide world order “no longer exists” — one of many few factors of settlement between the fractious allies within the transatlantic alliance.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated Thursday night time as he departed for Munich that “the old world is gone, frankly” and “we live in a new era in geopolitics.”
Last yr’s convention: US Vice President JD Vance’s remarks at the 2025 summit lambasted European politicians, claiming they had been suppressing free speech, dropping management of immigration and refusing to work with hard-right events in authorities.
These feedback got here the identical yr the Trump administration elevated tariffs on the European Union and United Kingdom, and pulled out of the Paris climate agreement and the WHO.
Merz’s warning: “In the era of great power rivalry, even the United States will not be powerful enough to go it alone,” the German chancellor cautioned this week. “Dear friends, being a part of NATO is not only Europe’s competitive advantage, it’s also the United States’ competitive advantage.”
We’ll deliver you extra updates from the convention as we speak as news arises.