Pence Met With Silence After Mentioning Trump In Munich Speech
Vice President Pence was met with silence on Friday when he mentioned President Trump at a security conference in Munich.
“I bring greetings from the 45th president of the United States of America, Donald Trump,” Pence said, before being met with a lengthy silence.
Pence traveled to Germany this week for the annual Munich Security Conference along with a bipartisan delegation, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Christopher Coons (D-Del.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.).
The vice president spoke at an award ceremony on Friday for the first recipients of a scholarship commemorating the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who attended the conference numerous times.
In remarks on Friday, Pence knocked NATO allies who he said “still need to do more.”
“The United States expects every NATO member to put in place a credible plan to meet the 2 percent threshold. And, by 2024, we expect all our allies to invest 20 percent of defense spending on procurement,” he said.
