Munich,Germany, 15 February (H.S.): US Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a conciliatory yet assertive address at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday(February 14, 2026), underscoring America's enduring European heritage while advocating recalibrated transatlantic ties and international frameworks post-World War II.

Tempered Tone Post-Vance Shock

Departing from Vice President JD Vance's prior year's acerbic European values critique and ensuing Trump-era salvos—including last month's fleeting Greenland tariff gambit against Denmark—Rubio evoked centuries-old US-Europe bonds amid President Trump's ally skepticism.

Merz's Plea and Core Rebukes

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz had convened the forum urging joint trust restoration in a fracturing order where unilateral US primacy falters, yet Europeans upheld free speech, climate action, and trade tenets; Rubio assailed a climate cult and migration wave eroding societal cohesion.

Policy Continuity with Softer Edge

Rubio reaffirmed Trump's resolve to reshape NATO dynamics and global institutions, balancing reassurance against transformation imperatives in an era demanding allied evolution.

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