Secretary of State Marco Rubio has come a long way since his “Little Marco” days. During the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, Rubio’s speech stole the show. During his speech, Rubio explained how Europe and the United States are bound together by their culture and their deep Christian roots. He then encouraged European nations to get behind President Trump’s agenda rather than fight it. Here’s a clip: Marco Rubio with one of the greatest speeches by a Sec of State in decades: “We are prepared to do this alone but it is our preference, and our hope, to do this together with you, our friends in Europe. America was founded 250 years ago, but the roots began here on this… pic.twitter.com/1jJlENNToz — Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) February 14, 2026 The Department of State provided the following transcript: For the United States and Europe, we belong together. America was founded 250 years ago, but the roots began here on this continent long before. The man who settled and built the nation of my birth arrived on our shores carrying the memories and the traditions and the Christian faith of their ancestors as a sacred inheritance, an unbreakable link between the old world and the new. We are part of one civilization – Western civilization. We are bound to one another by the deepest bonds that nations could share, forged by centuries of shared history, Christian faith, culture, heritage, language, ancestry, and the sacrifices our forefathers made together for the common civilization to which we have fallen heir. And so this is why we Americans may sometimes come off as a little direct and urgent in our counsel. This is why President Trump demands seriousness and reciprocity from our friends here in Europe. The reason why, my friends, is because we care deeply. We care deeply about your future and ours. And if at times we disagree, our disagreements come from our profound sense of concern about a Europe with which we are connected – not just economically, not just militarily. We are connected spiritually and we are connected culturally. We want Europe to be strong. We believe that Europe must survive, because the two great wars of the last century serve for us as history’s constant reminder that ultimately, our destiny is and will always be intertwined with yours, because we know – (applause) – because we know that the fate of Europe will never be irrelevant to our own. National security, which this conference is largely about, is not merely series of technical questions – how much we spend on defense or where, how we deploy it, these are important questions. They are. But they are not the fundamental one. The fundamental question we must answer at the outset is what exactly are we defending, because armies do not fight for abstractions. Armies fight for a people; armies fight for a nation. Armies fight for a way of life. And that is what we are defending: a great civilization that has every reason to be proud of its history, confident of its future, and aims to always be the master of its own economic and political destiny. The speech was so good, Vice President JD Vance encouraged his followers on X to watch the entire speech: This is a great speech. Worth watching the whole thing. https://t.co/tRmWP3MVdd — JD Vance (@JDVance) February 14, 2026 Here’s how users on X reacted: Rubio 2.0 is growing on me. https://t.co/rCEgGIlLnT — Mark Krikorian (@MarkSKrikorian) February 14, 2026 I always liked Rubio. He gets the essence, the concept of ‘the West’ more than any European or American politician right now. And he can articulate it extremely well. 2028, here it comes. pic.twitter.com/niA5yhQK3a — Pieter Dorsman (@PieterDorsman) February 15, 2026 @SecRubio keeps diplomaxxing the world. I’m here for a Rubio Administration in 2028. https://t.co/LqZVV0fzkG — Jonathan Bridges (@JQBridges) February 15, 2026 Watch the entire speech below: WATCH: Secretary Rubio Delivers Remarks to the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany. https://t.co/MSnxmlRf2w — Department of State (@StateDept) February 14, 2026