Secretary of State Marco Rubio has fired a direct shot at Europe’s globalist trajectory, warning that unchecked mass migration and erosion of core values could shatter the “shared culture” binding the West together—and weaken ties with America.
Echoing the Trump administration’s National Security Strategy, Rubio pulled no punches in highlighting how Europe’s slide toward “civilizational erasure” endangers alliances built on liberty and self-governance.
At a Department of State press briefing in Washington DC on Friday, Rubio addressed backlash from European leaders over the White House’s recent National Security Strategy, which slammed globalist policies fueling mass migration and assaults on free speech.
“You go to these NATO meetings and you meet with people, what they will tell you our shared history, our shared legacy, our shared values, our shared priorities. That’s what they talk about as the reason for this alliance,” Rubio said.
“Well, if you erase your shared history, your shared culture, your shared ideology, your shared priorities, your shared principles, then what – then you just have a straight-up defense agreement. That’s all you have,” he continued.
Rubio emphasized that the United States was founded on “Western values” such as the principles of liberty, individualism, and self-governance, noting that “many of these ideas that led to the founding of our country found their genesis in some of these places in the Western alliance.”
However, he expressed concern that “particularly in parts of Western Europe, those things that underpin our alliance and our tie to them could be under threat in the long term.”
“And by the way, there are leaders in those countries that recognize that as well. Some say it openly. Some say it privately. In the eastern and southern part of Europe, they’re much more open about it. Nonetheless, it is a factor that needs to be addressed,” Rubio added.
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