J.D. Vance attended the Munich Security Conference while serving as Vice President.
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Power & PoliticsOct 21, 2026
Multiple independent tier1 sources confirm that Vice President J.D. Vance attended and spoke at the Munich Security Conference on February 14, 2025, while serving as VP. The extracted claim faithfully matches the post, which says he went there 'when he was fresh as Vice President.'
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… So here we are. I can expect more of this, I think, between now and November 3, because they really are flailing about, they really are unpopular, and they really do need somebody to blame. You know, sure, it's interesting, like, J.D. Vance went to the Munich Security Conference when he was fresh as Vice President and talked about the need to elect parties all across Europe, like the AFD and others who are more in line with the U.S. Worldview, and they've done sort of, like, pretty serious well. …
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Supports. Reuters reports that U.S. Vice President JD Vance spoke to European leaders, military officers and diplomats at the Munich Security Conference on February 14, 2025.[1]
Supports. AP reports that Vance, as U.S. Vice President, visited Munich on February 14, 2025, addressed the conference, and met German far-right leader Alice Weidel.[2]
Supports. The U.S. Embassy in Romania published the Vice President's remarks at the Munich Security Conference, dated February 14, 2025.[3]
Supports. The Wilson Center and Foreign Policy both describe Vice President Vance's February 2025 speech at the Munich Security Conference.[4][5]
Supports. Wikipedia's entry on Vance's vice presidency describes his speech and bilateral meeting at the 61st Munich Security Conference.[6]
Supports. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports that Vice President J.D. Vance addressed the Munich Security Conference on Friday, February 14, 2025.[7]
Sources
7 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 4 not rated
- 1In Munich, Vance accuses European politicians of censoring free ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2US Vice President JD Vance meets German far-right leader as he ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Remarks by the Vice President at the Munich Security ...ro.usembassy.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Making Sense of the Munich Security Conference | Wilson Centerwilsoncenter.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5The Speech That Stunned Europeforeignpolicy.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Vice presidency of JD Vance - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7JD Vance tells German leaders to abandon their 'firewall' against the far right - Jewish Telegraphic Agencyjta.org · not rated · cited for: supports
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