Global development leaders began to formulate a fightback immediately after the “nuclear bomb” of U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s explosive speech to the Munich Security Conference — which called time on U.S.-led international cooperation, a key insider says.
The event was rocked by Vance ignoring Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine and other world crises to instead denounce European democracies for allegedly stifling free speech and religious freedom while siding with far-right and neo-fascist parties.
Speaking at a Devex Pro event, Michael Werz, the MSC’s senior adviser for North America and multilateral affairs, offered an insight into the stunned backstage reaction in Munich to what he argued will be remembered as a moment when “history has been written.”