Nobody expected that JD Vance would kick off his trip to Germany by dropping a speech that would exposed European hypocrisy so badly their leaders would be weeping with outrage days later.
But that’s exactly what happened.
For anyone who missed it, or would like to catch it again, the full 20-minute speech itself is here:
The part that really enraged Europe was when he gave specific examples of European nations criminalizing expressions of speech that most Americans wouldn’t bat an eye at.
He called them out. To their faces.
Americans praised him, with numerous comparisons to Regan’s Brandenburg Gate speech where he had the audacity to challenge Gorby to ‘tear down this wall’.
Trump loved it.
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I heard @VP‘s speech, and he talked about freedom of speech. I think it’s true in Europe. They’re losing their freedom of speech… and he talked about immigration. Europe has a big immigration problem. I thought his speech was very well received actually. pic.twitter.com/tkpNFr8AxD
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 14, 2025
But the Germans were very upset that JD exposed their true natures on the international stage.
Here’s their Defense Minister objecting…
Germany’s Defense Minister in response to JD Vance listing specific examples of European tyranny against basic rights.
“This is not acceptable. This is not acceptable. This is not the Europe where I live.”
No bud, it’s exactly where you live.
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) February 15, 2025
And here is a panel explaining that what amounts to Free Speech in America is a criminal offense in Germany… as if that was a good thing. (Making Vance’s point for him.)
1. Germany censors free speech
2. VP @JDVance criticizes them for it in his Munich speech
3. Munich chairman cries when talking about Vance’s speech
pic.twitter.com/PjNmdioD3m— John Hasson (@SonofHas) February 17, 2025
In case you thought the Stasi died when the wall came down, it didn’t. It was just absorbed into the culture.
CENSORSHIP: Free speech does not exist in Germany. @JDVance was right, just listen to these German police and prosecutors explain just how Orwellian things have become in Europe.
h/t @CollinRugg pic.twitter.com/g91FLo6rh3
— @amuse (@amuse) February 17, 2025
And our media, who ought to be the biggest champions of free speech since their entire business model relies on 1st Amendment protections, was no better than the Germans:
Utterly bizarre assertion from Margaret Brennan. She claims the Nazi Holocaust occurred because “free speech was weaponized” in Germany, thus making Vance’s comments all the more worrisome. Recasting the Holocaust as a consequence of excessive free speech is just totally bonkers pic.twitter.com/2vefGlzT6s
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) February 16, 2025
It’s almost as if our Press has a lot in common with the East German Stasi.
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