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The Message and the Messenger

JD Vance's controversial Munich speech was an example of the wrong person saying the right thing.

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Shadi Hamid
Feb 18, 2025
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Vice President JD Vance’s address at the Munich Security Conference last week was a bit wild. Actually, it was savage, as Damir Marusic put it recently. You can read the full transcript here. The condemnations from American liberals and much of the mainstream media came fast and strong. This isn’t what an American vice president is supposed to do. In other words: no…

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