Rubio says U.S., Europe ‘belong together,’ despite rifts over Trump policies

Munich - Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared that the United States and Europe “belong together” in a speech Saturday seeking tounify theWestern alliance, while condemning hallmarks of globalization, open borders, unfettered free trade, “deindustrialization” and mass migration.

Rubio’s message, in a keynote address at the annual Munich Security Conference, received applause from an audience of European leaders distressed about divisions with the United States stoked by President Donald Trump’s punitive tariffs, territorial ambitions for Greenland and disagreements over how to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.

“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,” Rubio said.

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