Rubio; US Desires To Maintain Trans-Atlantic Relations

MUNICH (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has offered a friendly and reassuring assessment of America’s relations with Europe under President Donald Trump’s administration. He said Saturday that the blunt tone of previous criticisms was intended to spur a renaissance in trans-Atlantic ties. Rubio addressed the Munich Security Conference a year after Vice President JD Vance stunned the same audience with a harsh critique of European values. Taking a much less confrontational approach than Vance last year, Rubio acknowledged that the Trump administration has been pointedly direct in asserting its positions, but made clear that it won’t back off them.