U.S. Vice President JD Vance met with world leaders and spoke out on a number of subjects during a trip to the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Friday.
Speaking with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, Vance said “We want to make sure that NATO is actually built for the future. And we think a big part of that is ensuring that NATO does a little bit more burden sharing in Europe so the United States can focus on some of our challenges in East Asia."
“You're absolutely right. It has to be done. We have to grow up in that sense and spend much more,” replied Rutte.
Vance also discussed mass migration in Europe and compared it to what the U.S. is dealing with at its southern border.
Mass migration “didn't materialize in a vacuum. It's the result of a series of conscious decisions made by politicians all over the continent and others across the world over the span of a decade,” Vance said.
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius later called those remarks about Europe "not acceptable" on Friday.
"He spoke of the annulation of democracy and, if I understood him correctly, he compared conditions in parts of Europe with those in authoritarian regimes. Ladies and gentlemen, that is not acceptable," Pistorius said.
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