Humera Pamuk

National security reporter Phil Stewart is in Washington.

So Secretary Rubio's speech was very different from J.D.

Vance's speech last year.

If you remember, he was saying the greatest danger to Europe came from things like

what he described as censorship of right wing voices across the continent and democratic backsliding.

His comments stunned the room and basically kicked off a period where the United States has started leveling pretty severe criticism towards Europe.

So I think for the audience in Munich Security Conference, the bar was very low.

And that's why everybody found largely Rubio's tone and speech relatively OK.

There was no mention of Russia.

There was no mention of NATO.

There was nothing like, hey, you're our transatlantic allies and we've got your back.

I think that was the big missing thing.

Having said that, I think the Europeans have been seeing that attitude from the United States for some time now.

Overall, we're at a completely different chapter in history now after Trump.

The United States is openly telling Europe and everyone else to basically step up and take care of their security.