MUNICH — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio attempted to defuse tension with European allies today, telling them that despite headlines saying otherwise, it is not Washington’s “goal, nor our wish,” to end the transatlantic era.
During a hotly anticipated speech here at the Munich Security Conference, Rubio said “the fate of Europe will never be irrelevant to our own national security,” offering reassurance to a region on edge over the Trump administration’s combative approach to issues including Greenland, Arctic security and trade. “For us Americans, our home may be in the Western Hemisphere, but we will always be a child of Europe.”
Rubio largely leaned on a much more sensitive style and oratory compared to Vice President JD Vance’s controversial…
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