Vice President of the United States, JD Vance marked the Trump administration’s 30 days in office on Thursday, February 20, 2025, by claiming that uncontrolled immigration was “the greatest threat” to the United States and Europe.
The vice president spoke at the country’s largest conservative voters convention in National Harbor, Maryland, to reiterate his criticism that shocked European leaders last week when he accused them of limiting free speech and “running in fear” of voter’s true beliefs.
Vance said: “The greatest threat in Europe, and I’d say the greatest threat in the US until about 30 days ago, is that you’ve had the leaders of the west decide that they should send millions and millions of unvetted foreign migrants into their countries.”
His comments represent the Trump administration’s dramatic U-turn in the long-standing priorities, indicating that the aim is to increase border security with more agents and be more cautious about European military commitments.
Hours before his appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Vance wrote a lengthy critique of traditional US and European foreign policy on X, discharging concerns about the administration’s stance on Ukraine as “moralistic garbage” and defending its push for peace talks.
He wrote “President [Donald] Trump and I have made two simple arguments: first, the war wouldn’t have started if President Trump was in office; second, that neither Europe, nor the Biden administration, nor the Ukrainians had any pathway to victory.”
Vance became more specific on the CPAC stage, suggesting that the US’s military commitment to European allies may be reliant on their internal policies, notably those aimed at Germany.
He said: “There are thousands upon thousands of American troops in Germany today.” “Do you think the American taxpayer is going to stand for that if you get thrown in jail for posting a mean tweet?”
