The video splices together the beginning and end of the chairman's speech. The chairman said the display of emotion was related to his retirement.

JD Vance’s speech on Friday at the Munich Security Conference deeply offended European leaders, drawing widespread criticism and fueling serious concerns about President Donald Trump’s foreign policy.

Mr Pistorius added that he is grateful and proud to live in a Europe that defends its democracy and its way of living in freedom every day, against internal and external enemies. “That is why I firmly reject the impression Mr Vance has tried to create – that minorities in our democracy are being oppressed or silenced.”

Vice President J.D. Vance led a prayer for Pope Francis and said Catholics shouldn't let political disputes hurt faith in religious leaders.

Vice President JD Vance criticized America's European allies for allowing mass migration, eroding free speech, ignoring religious freedom, and overturning elections in the name of "defending democracy" during a speech at the Munich Security Conference on Friday.

Vice President J.D. Vance gives a message to young men while talking at CPAC on Feb. 20, 2025. MERCEDES SCHLAPP, CPAC: You mentioned raising these children into good people and also into good ...

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Then, in a speech in Munich last week, 10 days before Sunday’s vote, Vice President J.D. Vance attacked the so-called “firewall” Germany’s mainstream parties have maintained against the ...

Delivering a speech in Germany, U S Vice President J D Vance criticized European governments for suppressing free speech and discriminating against Christians He urged leaders across Europe to

One of Vance’s key claims for the decline of free speech in Europe left many UK observers dumbfounded. He rebuked the Scottish government for sending out letters in October 2024 cautioning citizens that, in his words, “even private prayer within their own homes may amount to breaking the law”.