The European Union's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Friday that a speech by U.S. Vice President JD Vance at the Munich Security conference felt as if the United States was 'trying to pick a fight' with Europe.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, during a meeting with United States Vice-President JD Vance on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 14,

What I worry about is the threat from within, the retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values, values shared with the United States

In an impassioned speech to the annual Munich Security Conference of global policymakers, Zelenskiy said an address by U.S. Vice President JD Vance the previous day had made clear the relationship between Europe and the United States was changing.

United States Vice-President JD Vance, right, and Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy shake hands during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany,

On the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Germany, the Ukrainian-American negotiations with the participation of US Vice President Jay Dee ended Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the head of the Kiev regime,

"Trump and Vance cannot merely be accused of appeasing dictators and far-right extremists," writes one reader. "It’s something even worse."

Jonathan Turley praised VP Vance for his Munich Security Conference address, criticizing European free speech laws, criticizes response from CBS anchor Margaret Brennan.

Vice President JD Vance's speech Feb. 14 at the Munich Security Conference was not merely the most important speech the precocious young second-in-command

Speaking at the annual gathering, Vice President JD Vance urged European leaders to wage culture wars but ignored Ukraine and downplayed threats from Russia and China.

World leaders and senior diplomats descended on Munich on Friday for a weekend that could mould the future of global geopolitics. Top officials from China, the United States and Europe were meeting at the Munich Security Conference to discuss US President Donald Trump's vow to end the war in Ukraine by negotiating directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

National security’s Burning Man took place this weekend, as foreign policy types from around the world gathered once again in Bavaria. The Munich Security