US Vice President JD Vance claimed that the European Union official sent a threatening letter to Tesla CEO Elon Musk who is also leading department of government efficiency (Doge) with arrest over welcoming back Donald Trump on X.
“I forget exactly which official it was within the European Union but sent Elon this threatening letter that basically said we’re going to arrest you if you platform Donald Trump who by the way is the likely next president of the United States,” JD Vance said in a video going viral.
In a video, the US Vice President also slammed the Union for not giving free speech and said that they should respect the American values.
“So what America should be saying is oh if NATO wants us to continue supporting them and NATO wants us to continue to be a good participant in this military alliance why don’t you respect American values and respect free speech. Excuse me. It’s insane that we would support a military alliance if that military alliance isn’t going to be pro free speech,” Vance said.
“I think we can do both but we’ve got to say American power comes with certain strings attached. One of those is respect free speech especially in our European allies like look I’m not going to go to some backwoods country and tell them how to live their lives but European countries should theoretically share American values especially about some very basic things like free speech. It,” he added.
JD Vance at Munich Security Conference also slammed European leaders for not defending democracy and free speech in their own countries and said that the US is more worried about that in Europe than any external threat from Russia or China.
Speaking at the Munich security conference on Friday, Vance accused European leaders of ignoring the concerns of their own people, which he said was a “surefire way to destroy democracy”. “In Britain and across Europe free speech I fear is in retreat,” he said.