J. D. Vance: “If you have a country like Germany where you have another…”

“I want them to be an important ally. Part of that is going to be European respecting its own people, respecting its own sovereignty. And America can't do that job for them. If you have a country like Germany where you have another few million immigrants come in from countries that are totally culturally incompatible with Germany, then it doesn't matter what I think about Europe, Germany will have killed itself. And I hope they don't do that because I love Germany and I want Germany to thrive.” (01:29–01:43)

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