WASHINGTON—Vice President JD Vance emphasized a transformation of U.S.–European relations in an address to the Munich Security Conference in Washington on May 7.
“Fundamentally, we have to be, and we are on the same civilizational team,” Vance said. “There’s a big question about what that means in the 21st century.”
The high-profile gathering brought together diplomats, global leaders, and security experts to discuss Europe’s defense and industrial capacity.
Vance said that Europe must become more self-sufficient, reflecting the Trump administration’s broader foreign policy shift toward prioritizing American interests and encouraging allies to share the burden of collective security….