Rubio builds bridges with Europe but warns against the “decline of the West”: “We do not want weak allies”

The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, gave a strong message of unity with Europe at the Munich Security Conference this Saturday, saying that Washington’s destiny was intertwined with that of Europe and that he had no intention of abandoning the transatlantic alliance.

The inaugural address represented a radical departure from last year, when Vice President JD Vance, from the same stage, launched an attack on European leaders, accusing them of censoring free speech and failing to control immigration.

“At a time when headlines are announcing the end of the transatlantic era, let it be clear to everyone that this is not our goal or our desire, because for us Americans, our home may be in the Western Hemisphere, but we will always be children of Europe,” Rubio said.

The Secretary of State assured “we are prepared, if necessary, to do it on our own”, but recognizes that they want to do it “with you, our European friends” since “we are part of a single culture, the Western one” and that is why he explained that, despite “not always agreeing, we are concerned about Europe…we are connected on a spiritual level.”

“The two great wars of the last century remind us that our destiny is intertwined with yours,” he explained.

Rubio makes a far-right political note by claiming that the “erasure of civilization” threatens both the United States and Europe. “Europe’s destiny will never be irrelevant to ours,” Rubio said. But the United States wants to “revitalize an old friendship” and a “revitalized alliance.”

Rubio recognizes that “it was in Europe where the seeds of freedom were born” and gives examples of musical or cultural figures such as the Rolling Stones, Beethoven or the Sistine Chapel.

The Secretary of State did not want to miss the opportunity to attack uncontrolled “mass migration” as “an urgent threat to the fabric of our societies and the survival of our own civilization.” ““Mass migration is an ongoing crisis that is damaging the world,” he said.

For this reason, he assured that “we must regain control of our borders.” “It is not xenophobia, it is an act of national sovereignty, and not doing so is not only abdicating one of your obligations to your people, but is a threat to survival,” he excused.

Rubio has been in favor of building bridges to Europe, but has defended that “we do not want to have weak allies, because that would make us weak too; we do not want allies that remain in the old status quo, we want them to defend themselves so that no adversary tries to test us.”

The US secretary has stated that they want “an alliance without fear”, as well as that they are willing to “enter into an alliance with whoever is aligned with us, since we want a Western alliance.”

“For us Americans, our home is in the West,” he explained. In fact, “acting together with Europe will help us restore a healthy foreign policy.”

However, he warned that ““We in the United States have no interest in being polite and orderly guardians of the controlled decay of the West.”

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