#Germany’s defense minister, #BorisPistorius, is offering a robust & somewhat spontaneous rebuke of #JDVance’s earlier speech — particularly his suggestion that #Europe is akin to an #authoritarian regime. “This is not acceptable,” he said, to widespread applause. “This is not the Europe, not the #democracy, where I live.”
#USpol #diplomacy #appeasement #FarRight #extremism
#geopolitics #munich
Sen #SheldonWhitehouse (D-RI) told the audience at the #security conference that there was a “bipartisan reservoir of determination” in the #Senate behind an effort to stop the #war: “For the Senate, there is a strong majority, supermajority, in favor of supporting #Ukraine, seeing this through & making sure that this does not come off as a win for #Putin & embolden him further.”
[good luck with that. #Trump doesn’t give a damn what the Senate thinks.]
But wait there’s more
#JDVance meets w/leader of #FarRight #Germany party, exports #MAGA
The VP gave a scolding speech advocating that Europe’s centrist old-guard politicians move over to accommodate the rising anti-migration, #nationalist voices they have at times sought to block from power.
The meeting w/ #AliceWeidel, head of the anti-#immigration, nationalist Alternative for Germany #AfD party, was a major step for her movement….
#geopolitics #WhiteNationalism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/14/vance-munich-europe-security-ukraine/
#JDVance is the most senior US official ever to meet with a leader from the party. He also met in recent days w/the leaders of #Germany’s 2 other major parties, which are locked in competition ahead of Feb 23 elections, in which the Alternative for Germany #AfD party might break through a post-World War II taboo & join a ruling coalition for the first time.
In his speech, Vance fully waded into #nationalist politics….
#geopolitics #USpol #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #hate
“No voter on this continent went to the ballot box to open the floodgates to millions of unvetted immigrants,” #JDVance said. “But you know what they did vote for? In England, they voted for Brexit. And agree or disagree, they voted for it. And more & more all over Europe, they’re voting for political leaders who promise to put an end to out-of-control migration.”
#geopolitics #USpol #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #hate
