U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance on Friday used his speech at the Munich Security Conference to criticize Europe for what he said was censorship of free speech and said the continent faces a "threat from within,

US Vice President JD Vance has come out swinging against European allies – not for how they manage their national security or for not enough defense spending, but for not listening to their citizens and suppressing voices they disagree with.

Vice President JD Vance publicly berated European leaders on a host of issues from free speech to security and illegal immigration, as simmering tensions between the United States and its close allies boiled over at an international conference in Munich on Friday.