Anne Applebaum

What Trump and people around him have been calling for for a long time is a new kind of politics in America and a new kind of government. And now what we see is them carrying out that desire.

What Trump and people around him have been calling for for a long time is a new kind of politics in America and a new kind of government. And now what we see is them carrying out that desire.

Funny enough, what was important about Vance's speech was actually that he did not speak about NATO. So it's very important to understand the context. He was talking to a large room filled with defense ministers, four-star generals, ex-security analysts, people who care about things like the fiber optic cables that lie under the Baltic Sea that Russian ships have recently been cutting.

Funny enough, what was important about Vance's speech was actually that he did not speak about NATO. So it's very important to understand the context. He was talking to a large room filled with defense ministers, four-star generals, ex-security analysts, people who care about things like the fiber optic cables that lie under the Baltic Sea that Russian ships have recently been cutting.

Funny enough, what was important about Vance's speech was actually that he did not speak about NATO. So it's very important to understand the context. He was talking to a large room filled with defense ministers, four-star generals, ex-security analysts, people who care about things like the fiber optic cables that lie under the Baltic Sea that Russian ships have recently been cutting.

These are people who have real world serious concerns. They think about war and peace. They think about the possibility of Russia invading their countries. Vance got up in that room in front of those people who were expecting him to talk, to address those concerns, and instead changed the subject to culture wars.

These are people who have real world serious concerns. They think about war and peace. They think about the possibility of Russia invading their countries. Vance got up in that room in front of those people who were expecting him to talk, to address those concerns, and instead changed the subject to culture wars.

These are people who have real world serious concerns. They think about war and peace. They think about the possibility of Russia invading their countries. Vance got up in that room in front of those people who were expecting him to talk, to address those concerns, and instead changed the subject to culture wars.

And he gave a whole speech, which was almost something that a Russian propagandist could have given, sort of describing incidents and situations, some of which I know and I know were mischaracterized or exaggerated, designed to show that European democracies aren't really democratic.

And he gave a whole speech, which was almost something that a Russian propagandist could have given, sort of describing incidents and situations, some of which I know and I know were mischaracterized or exaggerated, designed to show that European democracies aren't really democratic.

And he gave a whole speech, which was almost something that a Russian propagandist could have given, sort of describing incidents and situations, some of which I know and I know were mischaracterized or exaggerated, designed to show that European democracies aren't really democratic.

And speaking as a representative of the movement that brought us January the 6th and an attempt to overthrow US election, implying that he was more democratic and his movement was more democratic. And two aspects of this were offensive. One was the fact that he didn't address any of the real security issues.

And speaking as a representative of the movement that brought us January the 6th and an attempt to overthrow US election, implying that he was more democratic and his movement was more democratic. And two aspects of this were offensive. One was the fact that he didn't address any of the real security issues.

And speaking as a representative of the movement that brought us January the 6th and an attempt to overthrow US election, implying that he was more democratic and his movement was more democratic. And two aspects of this were offensive. One was the fact that he didn't address any of the real security issues.

And of course, the second, that he implied that the people he was speaking to were not Democrats. The import of his speech was to support the alliance for Germany. This is a political party called the AfD, which Germany is in the middle of very intense elections. Actually, the election is on February the 23rd, so very soon.

And of course, the second, that he implied that the people he was speaking to were not Democrats. The import of his speech was to support the alliance for Germany. This is a political party called the AfD, which Germany is in the middle of very intense elections. Actually, the election is on February the 23rd, so very soon.

And of course, the second, that he implied that the people he was speaking to were not Democrats. The import of his speech was to support the alliance for Germany. This is a political party called the AfD, which Germany is in the middle of very intense elections. Actually, the election is on February the 23rd, so very soon.

The AFD is a far-right party, some of whose members have expressed nostalgia or nuanced admiration for aspects of Nazi Germany. It's also a party that has been notably pro-Russian and anti-American in the past, and that he was expressing support for them was perceived by many of the Germans in the room as an insult.

The AFD is a far-right party, some of whose members have expressed nostalgia or nuanced admiration for aspects of Nazi Germany. It's also a party that has been notably pro-Russian and anti-American in the past, and that he was expressing support for them was perceived by many of the Germans in the room as an insult.

The AFD is a far-right party, some of whose members have expressed nostalgia or nuanced admiration for aspects of Nazi Germany. It's also a party that has been notably pro-Russian and anti-American in the past, and that he was expressing support for them was perceived by many of the Germans in the room as an insult.