JD Vance’s Message to European Leaders: Listen to Your People, Don’t Go Hard Left | Victor Davis Hanson

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🗓️ 19 February 2025

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During his trip to Europe last week, Vice President JD Vance said to European leaders at the Munich Security Conference, “The threat that I worry the most about vis-a-vis Europe is not Russia, it’s not China, it’s not any other external actor. What I worry about is the threat from within. The retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values—values shared with the United States of America.” In the face of mounting inflation and rampant illegal immigration, Europe’s leaders must listen to their people and not take a “hard left,” plunging the country into a Joe Biden-level, continentwide nightmare, argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “[Vance’s] criticism was multifaceted: Close your borders. Legal-only immigration. Up your defense budget. Allow for free speech. We've gone through the Biden nightmare at home. We know what it was like to go hard left. Don't go that way. Deregulate. ... “Germany and Europe better be very careful. Germany's fertility rate is 1.45. Europe's, in aggregate, is only about 1.5. We're at least 1.6. We said years ago in 2014, NATO, pay 2% of GDP and hold your own and pull your own weight. And now it's 10 years, 11 years later and we still have nine NATO countries that will not do it, especially Germany. ... “They have 16% of the population was not born in Germany. France is almost as bad. And they do not assimilate, intermarry, and integrate like we do. They are looking at this huge Russian-Ukrainian war on their borders where maybe 1.5 million people have been killed or wounded or missing. And they're critical of the United States that pays the greatest proportion of the NATO budget and who puts Europe under its nuclear shield. And they are damning us.” For Victor’s latest thoughts, go to: https://victorhanson.com/ Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest videos by subscribing to The Daily Signal today. You’ll be notified every time a new video drops: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHqkXbgqrDrDVInBMSoGQgQ The Daily Signal cannot continue to tell stories like this one without the support of our viewers: https://secured.dailysignal.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.9	slash UK slash AI for people. There has been a maelstorm of controversy about J.D. Vance.
0:34.0	Last week, he spoke at the Munich Security Conference, but he chose not to speak just
0:38.3	necessarily about security issues, i.e. NATO contributions, but rather the larger problem with Europe
0:44.4	itself. And that controversy still continues today. Basically, what J.D. Vance said was, we have to
0:50.7	get along. Europe and the United States. We are twins of the Western tradition.
0:55.3	But my God, it's getting hard for you.
0:57.4	They went crazy.
0:58.5	They, oh my gosh, the Defense Secretary, the Minister of Germany got right of.
1:03.4	This is unsustainable.
1:05.0	This is unacceptable.
1:06.4	But nobody said it was untrue.
1:07.9	It was absolutely true.
1:09.2	It was absolutely true.
1:20.3	Thank you. Nobody said it was untrue. It was absolutely true. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal.
1:24.7	There has been a maelstorm of controversy about J.D. Vance. Last week, he spoke at the
1:30.9	Munich Security Conference, but he chose not to speak just necessarily about security issues, i.e.
1:37.1	NATO contributions, but rather the larger problem with Europe itself. And that controversy still
1:42.5	continues today. Basically, what J.D. Vance said was
1:46.7	we have to get along. Europe and the United States, we are twins of the Western tradition.
1:53.7	But my God, it's getting hard for you. You go after and persecute people who object to abortion.
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