J.D. Vance attacks Muslims in France

Far from the usual concerns about proliferation in Iran or North Korea, the White House’s right-hand man is pointing the finger at Paris and London. His argument is based on an ideological and demographic fear: he fears that these two Western powers will be overwhelmed by what he calls "extremely harmful moral ideas", explicitly targeting the rise of "political Islamism" within institutions.

For J.D. Vance, the danger is not immediate but prospective. He notes that representatives adhering to radical ideologies are already winning local elections or sitting on municipal councils in Europe. "In five years? No. But in fifteen years? Absolutely," he prophesies, not ruling out the possibility that a personality hostile to American interests could eventually come to power - and thus to the nuclear codes - in one of these countries.

This rhetoric, which echoes the "great replacement" theories, serves as a justification for the Vice President to "lecture" Europe on its migration management, in line with a discourse that was already very offensive in February during the Munich Security Conference.

This statement is part of an increasingly pessimistic American geopolitical vision towards the Old Continent. The White House’s new national security strategy describes a Europe "in decline", openly questioning the ability of its allies to remain reliable military and economic partners within twenty years.

The paradox of this interview lies in the exclusive targeting of NATO allies. While J.D. Vance theorizes a threat coming from Paris or London, he refrains, in this interview, from any similar criticism towards the nuclear arsenals of proven rivals such as Russia, China or North Korea.