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Marco Rubio’s trip to the Munich Security Conference this week is exactly the kind of pressure the United States should be applying to our NATO partners: blunt, pragmatic, and unapologetically American-first. Washington can no longer subsidize Europe’s security while Brussels tinkers with virtue signaling and endless regulations; Rubio’s mission is clear — demand results, not lectures.
On Newsmax’s American Agenda, former U.S. ambassador Carla Sands put the point plainly: Europe has to step up and stop treating America as its wallet and babysitter. Sands, a staunch defender of a strong, transactional foreign policy, echoed what many patriots know instinctively — allies earn our protection by pulling their weight, not by expecting unlimited American sacrifice.
The facts on the ground make her case hard to deny. European leaders openly admit a crisis of transatlantic confidence and are only now, under pressure, pledging higher defense spending and “technological independence.” That belated awakening doesn’t erase years of dependency or the political risk of a Europe that resisted serious burden sharing until the United States made it a matter of consequence.
President Trump’s hardball moves on Greenland and tariffs — controversial as they were to the establishment — forced allies to take U.S. demands seriously in a way polite diplomacy never could. Conservative foreign policy isn’t about isolation; it’s about leverage and results. When the White House uses real tools, Europe suddenly remembers that it can’t take American resolve for granted.
Secretary of State Rubio is right to insist this is a new era in geopolitics where old assumptions must be retired and allies must assume real responsibility for their own defense. The Munich trip should be a turning point: Europe must invest, arm, and organize or the transatlantic alliance will become a hollow relic. Real security requires real spending, real industry, and real political backbone — not more lectures from Washington.
Patriots should welcome this shift. For too long hardworking American taxpayers have funded the safety of distant capitals while our own borders and industries were neglected. Let Europe prove it deserves our backing by stepping up now; if they fail, the United States must have the courage to protect its interests first and foremost.
