US Vice President JD Vance boos European allies in a monumental way The Munich Security Conference. Without mentioning Ukraine once, in a speech lasting just over twenty minutes, Vance insisted on Friday that the continent cannot abuse its trust in NATO, cannot talk about democracy "without living according to its basic principles" or moving away from its fundamental values, and cannot "trample" on freedom of expression. Vance, in fact, assured that Europe is more in danger from "internal threats", but that it is only concerned about external ones.