This was long overdue. The preachy Euros have been getting more and more authoritarian leftist. Before long no one there will be allowed to have an opinion. I lived in Germany for three years in the late 80s and was there when The Wall came down. Its sad to see how far backwards they have gone in the past few decades.

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I watched that speech and thought that it was wide-reaching and well-written. When he cited examples involving either Europe or individual countries in Europe, he followed up with examples from the United States thereby diminishing any potential accusations of hypocrisy.

The audience seemed quite attentive and the overall reception seemed to go from somewhat skeptical to fairly positive as the delivery was made in a matter-of-fact way rather than as a scold.

Overall, I found it to be a good speech which was well-delivered.

Ballsy and direct. And absolutely correct. I like it.

Vance is an excellent speaker. I look to him running in 2028.

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Vance is an excellent speaker. I look to him running in 2028.

And winning!

I thought his comment on Thundberg was spot on.

I hope they stop and start to think because they really are brainwashed by their government.
We have a couple of European relatives and the migrant and crime situation has started to make them question things a bit.

The audience reaction reminded me of the scene in blazing saddles where Cleavon Little arrived at town and made his speech.

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Originally posted by gearhounds:
Vance is an excellent speaker. I look to him running in 2028.

And winning!

From your lips to God's ears, but Little Marco might have something to say about that.

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I thought his comment on Thundberg was spot on.

How dare you!

Great speech and 100% on the mark.
The ruling class audience isn’t taking it that well but let’s see how the average person responds, if it’s not censored.

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The ruling class audience isn’t taking it that well but let’s see how the average person responds, if it’s not censored.

https://x.com/juneslater17/status/1890488146351022533

Trump's cabinet and team are amazing in his second term. My hope is, the best thing to come from Trump 47 is we get to keep JD Vance around for a long time.

And since the speech took place in Munich, listen to VDH about Germany's current fucked up condition and how it parallels the Roosevelt administration's never-implemented Morgenthau Plan

Germany has willingly done to itself that which its enemy in the Second World War had intended to do it in order to weaken it forever.

I watched the speech I thought is was great and he is a good speaker.

He spoke about the Romanian election which is incredibly important. They nullified the election of a far right group. Mike Benz on the Shawn Ryan show talked about their being open documentation that the Biden administration through USAID pumped money into this election against this far right group. They meddled in their election just as we complain about Russians doing.

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I thought his comment on Thundberg was spot on.

Great speech

AS far as I know, Poland is the only country thumbing their noses at the EUs commie bullshit

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Great speech

AS far as I know, Poland is the only country thumbing their noses at the EUs commie bullshit

The former Eastern Bloc nations of the EU are aligned against Communism as their leaders previously lived under Soviet rule and educated first-hand in that evil political scheme. The cancellation of Romania's recent election results was bullshit and now the leftists are attempting to nullify Germany's AfD (a right-of-center populist conservative party) that is leading in the polls.

Giorgia Meloni (a Conservative) was elected as PM of Italy in Oct 2022 and from what I understand that nation is turning around its socialist policies.

Would be interesting to get the perspectives of our EU Sigforum brethren on the public's reaction to JD's speech and their associated gov't representatives.

I hate to say it but it’s starting to seem that if the conservative minded people in European countries want to save themselves, they might have to resort to revolution. And I don’t mean words. Things are spiraling further and further out of control across the pond.

It seems to me that the vice president had two audiences in mind: the Europeans, and the American academic, social and political elite.

The message? Neither the current European governmental realities nor the current social structures of old Europe will be viewed by the Trump administration as superior to ours. About time!

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