David Sanger: Rubio Softened the Tone in Munich but Delivered the Same Warning on Borders and Western Identity

RUSH EXCERPT:

SANGER: “Well, this was a really fascinating speech because as you suggested, Brian the the effort here was to try to keep the message similar to what Vance had done, but package it in something that was a lot more pleasant for the Europeans to hear and I think secretary Rubio succeeded at that. For example you‘ll remember that the national security strategy, which was published back in November by the Trump Administration referred to a Europe that was risking civilizational erasure if it allowed uncontrolled borders and lost, you know the traditions of what Europe used to look like when Rubio spoke on this topic, he said it was both Europe and the United States that took that risk. Right. So in that way, he was embracing President Trump‘s crackdown on the borders and effort to oust illegal immigrants and so forth. But the core message was still the same, which was that America and Europe had to keep their native identity, which I think sounded to a lot of people in Europe as if he was saying don‘t let immigrants overrun your country. And so there were a fair number of people who were pretty critical and thought that this sounded like he was pining for a”