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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio provided comforting words for Europe on Saturday at the Munich Security Conference.
“We want Europe to be strong,” he said. “We believe that Europe must survive, because the two great wars of the last century serve, for us, as history’s great reminder, that ultimately, our destiny is, and will always be, intertwined with yours.”
That’s a stark contrast from U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s criticism of European democracy during the previous year’s security conference, and his observation then that a schism had emerged between the continent and America.
