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J. D. Vance: “The Western alliance in 1950 was so strong and everybody…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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Published | Video Starts at 44:58

And now. And what I saw in Munich was a certain sense of tragedy or sorrow. There was a nostalgia for that era. Like The Western alliance in 1950 was so strong and everybody felt. And this is, I guess in 2023. Well, now it's so weak. And I was kind of struck by the fact that people weren't asking the question, well, what had really changed about the west from 1955 to 2023? It's obvious what you did. (44:58–45:07)

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Asserts that the Western alliance was strong in 1950 but is weak in 2023.

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