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'Backfired spectacularly': European officials reportedly now view US as an 'adversary' (www.rawstory.com)

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If Vice President J.D. Vance hoped to earn respect among international leaders with his speech in Germany last week, it wouldn't work, according to one senior diplomat.

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[–] matlag 28 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This is completely missing the poInt. He was not addressing european leaders, he was addressing citizens in an attempt to prop up far right parties across Europe, using the same argument that worked in the US: "free speech is restrained by your leaders!". And by that, he means hate speech, because everyone can see what "free except for whatever we don't like speech" enforced in the US.

But the fact is Vance was actively trying to influence the results of the elections.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

And I've seen first hand the result in the comment sections of the newspapers covering that speech here (yes, they are a festering pit, like everywhere else, still interesting to take a peek at every now and then to see what craziness bubbles to the top these days)..