 "United States Vice-President JD Vance addresses the audience during the Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, Germany, on Friday. AP File")
A week after his fiery speech in Munich advocating for Europe to emulate US President Donald Trump’s stance on restricting illegal immigration and restoring free speech, US Vice President JD Vance on Thursday said “we cannot rebuild the US or Europe by allowing millions of unvetted illegal migrants to enter our country” and that this situation must come to an end.
Speaking at the opening session of the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) on Thursday morning, he said, “We cannot rebuild Western civilization. We cannot rebuild the United States of America or Europe by letting millions and millions of unvetted illegal migrants come into our country.”
“It has to stop. Thank God it stopped here. But it’s got to stop there,” said Vance as he addressed a full house at National Harbor, Maryland, in a conversational format with a CPAC organiser.
He said the Biden administration did more to destroy free speech, not just in the US, but also in Europe than any administration in American history.
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More Shorts“I’m not even blaming the Europeans. I’m actually saying you followed the lead of Joe Biden into censorship and mass migration, follow the lead of Donald J Trump and that’s free speech, borders and sovereignty. That is the future for our shared civilisation,” he added.
He noted that Trump understands there’s a “historical mandate” on key issues, including tackling illegal immigration, restoring American energy dominance, and reducing taxpayer waste through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Vance humorously remarked that in his first thirty days in office, President Donald Trump signed “more executive orders than CNN has viewers.”
“We have to secure the southern border and thanks to (Trump’s) actions, border crossings are down well over ninety percent and we’re just getting started,” Vance said.
Regarding American energy and the economy, Vance said that Trump “recognises that we have to really unlock the engine of American growth.”
“We’ve got to get back to having a growing economy that creates good jobs and high wages for the American people and a lot of that goes back to ‘drill, baby, drill,” he said as the crowd broke into applause.
The vice president also criticised wasteful government spending under the Biden administration.
“Why are we spending money on progressive, modern art projects centered around toilets in Afghanistan? That’s actually something that your tax dollars were funding until very recently,” he said. “And I think all of us are sitting around and asking, what the hell are we doing with the American people’s money for the last four years?”
“It is easy, unfortunately, to burn the house down. It takes a little bit of time to build it back up and that’s what we have to do,” he continued.
“Look, the fundamental goal of our immigration policy, of our border policy, of DOGE saving taxpayer money, the fundamental goal is we want your children and grandchildren to be able to raise a family in security and comfort in the country that we all love,” he explained. “That is the whole goal of President Trump’s agenda.”
With inputs from agencies