"From America to Europe". J.D. Vance betrayed his strategy. "Civilistic suicide"

In his speech at the Munich safety Conference in mid-February, he has already made it clear how small he thinks about most European governments. This week, he provided fresh informative insights about this, how deep this aversion and what real consequences it can have for transatlantic relations. After all, Vance is 1 of the most powerful voices in the White House, and even more so in the “MAGA” movement.

The editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine was inadvertently included by Trump's National safety Advisor into the chat groupon which details of the military attack on Huti rebels were exchanged. American rocket attacks were intended to prevent the rebels from further attacking trade ships from Yemen on an crucial maritime way across the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

In addition to safety advisor Mike Waltz and defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, the vice president was besides among the chat members. "I think we're making a mistake," Vance stated at the very beginning of the exchange. "3 percent of American trade passes through the Suez Canal. 40% is European trade". In his opinion, helping Europeans militarily is "incoherent with the message that the president is presently sending to Europeans". Vance summed up Trump's message in his own words: "I hatred that we are saving Europe again".

USA as a guarantor of Europe's security

What motivates a 40-year-old conservative to constantly torpedo relations with allies? Vance’s public and interior verbal attacks stand out two aspects. 1 of them is the function of the US as a guarantor of Europe's security. "The American safety Network allowed Europeans to weaken their own security," warned the vice president at the Munich safety Conference in 2024.

In his opinion, the European NATO countries for decades parasiticly allowed the U.S. to guarantee their safety, while besides generously expanding its welfare state and allowing millions migrants To their countries. “If Europeans are incapable to defend themselves, then the U.S. must ask themselves, ‘Are they allies or customers?’, he rhetorically asked Vance.

He does not avoid provocation. late it sparked public outrage and diplomatic dissension erstwhile it indirectly accused the French and British of being unfit for war. Trump administration investments in Ukraine are "a importantly better warrant of safety than 20,000 soldiers from any country that has not been at war for 30 or 40 years".

Provocation in Greenland

The fact that Vance went to Greenland with his wife Ushacan be seen as another proof of his unconciliatory transatlantic image. Both the Danish and Greenland Government are loudly protesting against this kind of fresh American diplomacy, which is utilized to communicate territorial claims of Trump to a geostrategically crucial autonomous area.

On Friday Vance and his wife went to the U.S. Army base in Pituffik to meet US forces soldiers. The vice president announced his visit to Greenland on Tuesday, and his wife's journey was scheduled in advance. However, the first program of the visit was limited, and the Second Lady's visit to the ski dog race was cancelled after loud protests.

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J. D. Vance

However, not only does the criticism of Germany and many EU countries' inability to defend themselves fuel the reluctance of the fresh star “MAGA” to Europeans.

For Vance, Europe is besides an example of decadence. It's for him. a continent that falls apart due to the collapse of conservative values, the breakdown of household structures and Christian culture — and so there is no future. erstwhile the anti-abortion activist got hot was baptized as a Catholic in 2019., he wrote an essay about his way to faith.

Strategy from America to Europe

According to him, St Augustine’s teachings on the moral and then the actual fall of Rome are “the best criticism of our modernity I have always read. A society focused solely on consumption and pleasance trample on work and virtue."

A fewer days ago, Vance stated on Fox tv that Europe was “threating civilizational suicide. They are incapable or unwilling to control their borders. They restrict the freedom of speech of their citizens due to the fact that they protest against invasion of their borders."

According to the U.S. Vice President, Europe is primarily "insecure" due to the fact that it departs from fundamental values. After winning the Social politician election Keira Starmera He called Britain "the first truly muslim country to have atomic weapons." And Germany, as Vance said on Fox television, "will kill themselves if they let respective million culturally incompatible migrants into the country."

Liberal governments in Sweden, Poland and Romania besides get their own. any people fishy that there is simply a strategy behind the attacks that extends from America to Europe and far beyond. Calling Vance to demolish the fire dam for partially far right Alternatives to Germany (AfD) should besides be seen in this context.

"I want Europe to develop. To be an crucial ally. Part of this is that Europe respects its own citizens, its own sovereignty," he said. Vance has not yet explained how he respects this sovereignty erstwhile he violently attacks elected representatives of Europe.