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At the 2026 Munich Security Conference, Secretary of State Marco Rubio knocked it out of the park. Today’s show breaks it down.

"Rubio evangelized to Europe on their ties to America and how we want them to be a part of it, and what that actually looks like," Crowder said.

Per Rubio’s speech:

And in a pursuit of a world without borders, we opened our doors to an unprecedented wave of mass migration that threatens the cohesion of our societies, the continuity of our culture, and the future of our people. We made these mistakes together, and now, together, we owe it to our people to face those facts and to move forward, to rebuild.

Under President Trump, the United States of America will once again take on the task of renewal and restoration, driven by a vision of a future as proud, as sovereign, and as vital as our civilization’s past. And while we are prepared, if necessary, to do this alone, it is our preference and it is our hope to do this together with you, our friends here in Europe.

We believe that Europe must survive, because the two great wars of the last century serve for us as history’s constant reminder that ultimately, our destiny is and will always be intertwined with yours, because we know that the fate of Europe will never be irrelevant to our own.

“The reason I think that was so well done is that he gave the reason, the nonnegotiable, and sort of the red line. He set it up—mass migration. He said, ‘We are not going to do that; we are going to move forward in a way that benefits our people, and we would love for Europe to do that as well. We would rather do that with you, but we will do it without you if that is your expectation.’ That is a way to lay out terms, to offer, to extend an olive branch—but you guys have to do it on our terms,” Crowder said.

According to Crowder, nationalism does not mean isolationism.

“Nationalism means having a really clear team jersey and knowing which other teams are your allies,” Crowder said. “You can ally yourself with other nations who share your values and interests, but if you don’t have strong nationalism, you can’t actually know who your allies are.”

According to the left, nationalism is white supremacy.

“He made it clear nationalism is the way forward, and there is no door number two,” Crowder said.

National security, which this conference is largely about, is not merely series of technical questions – how much we spend on defense or where, how we deploy it, these are important questions. They are. But they are not the fundamental one. The fundamental question we must answer at the outset is what exactly are we defending, because armies do not fight for abstractions. Armies fight for a people; armies fight for a nation. Armies fight for a way of life. And that is what we are defending: a great civilization that has every reason to be proud of its history, confident of its future, and aims to always be the master of its own economic and political destiny.

While the left loves to act like the United States of America was the only country to utilize slavery, that could not be further from the truth.

“It’s not like Europe was immune from the perils of slavery,” Crowder said. “He is saying we have every right to be proud and every right to look out for the interests of our people. We would love for you to do the same thing, and then we could be brothers and sisters in arms. That is setting the table.”