Munich Security Meeting Braces for More of Trump's 'wrecking-ball Politics'

Monday, February 09, 2026

Chairman Wolfgang Ischinger tells DW the 2026 Munich Security Conference comes when "obviously, trust has been damaged" by President Trump. But he also says US calls for a more "self-reliant" Europe are fair and overdue.

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... The organizers of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) did not hesitate to name one world leader who they think is behind the current "period of wrecking-ball politics."

"The most powerful of those who take the axe to existing rules and institutions is US President Donald Trump," they wrote in the Munich Security Report 2026released on Monday.

The release came as organizers announced that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will lead "a sizable delegation" of officials to the MSC this weekend.

Ischinger sees 2 core tasks for this year's MSC

Conference chairman Wolfgang Ischinger spoke to DW on Monday, before the annual event opens its doors in the Bavarian capital.

He said he saw two core functions for this year's MSC, the first he likened to a "bicycle repair shop," oiling the chain and getting trans-Atlantic ties rolling again after a tense few weeks.

"Part of our mission, I think, is to at least offer the possibility of repair work in terms of rebuilding, trust, confidence building, et cetera among trans-Atlantic partners. Obviously, trust has been damaged. Think of Greenland," Ischinger told DW's Nina Haase.

The MSC will bring together about 65 world leaders, including German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, along with nearly 100 foreign and defense ministers, top military brass and high-level policymakers for three days of discussions. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-09 06:10 PM

USSECSTATE Marco Rubio was personally vetted for his position by none other than mega oligarch Larry Ellison, a close friend of ICC-indicted war criminal Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu, based on Rubio's loyalty to Israel. This seems to be the most important qualification for America's top diplomat to possess in the incompetent Trumpf junta. Link: Marco Rubio More Loyal to Israel Over American Taxpayers

Besides callously dismantling USAID in 2025, as a Republican Senator from Florida, Marco Rubella undermined the ACA ("Obamacare") by subtly adding corrosive riders to the bill in 2015.

Note all of the problems poor Americans are now facing with the BBB and lack of subsidies to pay for them.

Everybody at the 2026 Munich Security Conference, and on the planet for that matter, knows that the vapid, imagination-less Marco Rubio is merely an Empty Suit come to waste everyone's time in Germany, as well as hardworking American taxpayer dollars.