Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in Munich that Europe and the United States belong together. He talked about the United States’ historical, military, and values-based links to Europe. He called for control of our borders and applauded their historical contributions, which so benefited the new nation of the United States.
🚨 HOLY CRAP! Sec. Marco Rubio just got a MASSIVE standing ovation in Germany after he told Europe we need to move back toward Christianity and against 3rd world migration
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— Alex West Q (@RealAlexWest_Q) July 16, 2026
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“For the United States and Europe, we belong together. America was founded 250 years ago, but the roots began here on this continent long before the men who settled and built the nation of my birth arrived on our shores, carrying the memories and the traditions and the Christian faith of their ancestors as a sacred inheritance, an unbreakable link between the old world and the new.
“We are part of one civilization, Western civilization. We are bound to one another by the deepest bonds that nations could share, forged by centuries of shared history, Christian faith, culture, heritage, language, ancestry, and the sacrifices our forefathers made together for the common civilization to which we have fallen heir.
“And so this is why we Americans may sometimes come off as a little direct and urgent in our counsel; this is why President Trump demands seriousness and reciprocity from our friends here in Europe. The reason why, my friends, is that we care deeply. We care deeply about your future and ours. And if at times we disagree, our disagreements come from our profound sense of concern about a Europe with which we are connected-not just technically, not just militarily-we are connected spiritually, and we are connected culturally.
“It was here, in Europe, where the ideas that planted the seeds of liberty that changed the world were born, it was here in Europe, where the world, which gave the world the rule of law, the universities, and the scientific revolution, it was this continent that produced the genius of Mozart and Beethoven, of Dante and Shakespeare, of Michelangelo and Da Vinci, of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, and this is the place where the vaulted ceilings of the Sistine Chapel and the tower and spires of the great cathedral in Cologne-they testify not just to the greatness of our past, or to a faith in God that inspired these marvels, they foreshadow the wonders that await us in our future.
“But only if we are unapologetic in our heritage and proud of this common inheritance can we together begin the work of envisioning and shaping our economic and our political future. Deindustrialization was not inevitable; it was a conscious policy choice, a decades-long economic undertaking that stripped our nations of their wealth, of their productive capacity, and of their independence.
“And the loss of our supply chain sovereignty was not a function of a prosperous and healthy system of global trade. It was foolish. It was a foolish but voluntary transformation of our economy that left us dependent on others for our needs and dangerously vulnerable to crisis.
“Mass migration is not, was not some fringe concern of little consequence. It was, and continues to be, a crisis that is transforming and destabilizing societies across the West. Together, we can reindustrialize our economies and rebuild our capacity to defend our people. But the work of this new alliance should not be focused just on military cooperation and reclaiming the industries of the past. It should also be focused on together advancing our mutual interests in new frontiers, unshackling our ingenuity, our creativity, and the dynamic spirit to build a new Western century. Commercial space travel and cutting-edge artificial intelligence, industrial automation and flex manufacturing, creating a Western supply chain for critical minerals not vulnerable to extortion from other powers, and a unified effort to compete for market share in the economies of the global South. Together, we can not only take back control of our own industries and supply chains, we can prosper in the areas that will define the 21st century.
“Together, we can not only take back control of our own industries and supply chains, but we can also prosper in the areas that will define the 21st century. But we must also gain control of our national borders, controlling who and how many people enter our countries. This is not an expression of xenophobia. It is not hate. It is a fundamental act of national sovereignty, and the failure to do so is not just an abdication of one of our most basic duties owed to our people. It is an urgent threat to the fabric of our societies and the survival of our civilization itself.
“And finally, we can no longer place the so-called global order above the vital interests of our people and our nations; we do not need to abandon the system of international cooperation we authored, and we don’t need to dismantle the global institutions of the old order that together we built. But these must be reformed; these must be rebuilt. For example, the United Nations still has tremendous potential to be a tool for good in the world, but we cannot ignore that, on the most pressing matters before us today, it has no answers and has played virtually no role.”
He called for the West to move back to Christianity.
