Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed the Munich Security Conference Saturday, with a speech that earned him a standing ovation. While it was conciliatory compared to last year’s JD Vance speech, his statements landed deep truths to the European audience. It was masterful.

That infamous wall that had cleaved this nation into two came down, and with it an evil empire, and the East and West became one again. But the euphoria of this triumph led us to a dangerous delusion: that we had entered, quote, “the end of history;” that every nation would now be a liberal democracy; that the ties formed by trade and by commerce alone would now replace nationhood; that the rules-based global order – an overused term – would now replace the national interest; and that we would now live in a world without borders where everyone became a citizen of the world.

This was a foolish idea that ignored both human nature and it ignored the lessons of over 5,000 years of recorded human history. And it has cost us dearly. In this delusion, we embraced a dogmatic vision of free and unfettered trade, even as some nations protected their economies and subsidized their companies to systematically undercut ours – shuttering our plants, resulting in large parts of our societies being deindustrialized, shipping millions of working and middle-class jobs overseas, and handing control of our critical supply chains to both adversaries and rivals.

We increasingly outsourced our sovereignty to international institutions while many nations invested in massive welfare states at the cost of maintaining the ability to defend themselves. This, even as other countries have invested in the most rapid military buildup in all of human history and have not hesitated to use hard power to pursue their own interests. To appease a climate cult, we have imposed energy policies on ourselves that are impoverishing our people, even as our competitors exploit oil and coal and natural gas and anything else – not just to power their economies, but to use as leverage against our own. US State Department – Munich Security Conference

? MASSIVE STANDING OVATION for Sec. Marco Rubio in Germany!

He just told Europe straight up: we must return to our Christian roots and reject the flood of 3rd-world migration destroying our societies.

Best Secretary of State in history!
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— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) February 14, 2026

Mass migration is not some fringe concern of little consequence.

It was and continues to be a crisis that destabilizes societies across the West. pic.twitter.com/cPELgF0UrW

— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) February 14, 2026

Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on Europe to shoulder its share of the mutual defense of “our civilization” in a Saturday speech at the Munich Security Conference.

While more conciliar in tone than Vice President J.D. Vance’s speech in the same venue last February, Rubio rearticulated President Donald Trump’s longstanding wishes for the continent to take a more aggressive line on border enforcement and self-defense.

“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,” said Rubio. “The reason why, my friends, is because we care deeply. We care deeply about your future and ours.” The American Conservative

The Munich Security Conference is a venue that attracts more than national officials, but our Secretary of State did our country proud.

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