US Secretary of State Marco Rubio got a standing ovation when he spoke at the multinational Munich Security Conference over the weekend. That’s got a lot to do with the fact that his address fell short of the hardline populism that Vice President JD Vance brought to the event a year ago. But Rubio’s travel schedule after the conference wrapped up also sent a message. He went straight to Slovakia and Hungary, two countries that have embraced far-right, Euro-skeptical views and proven to be reliable friends of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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