Valuetainment - February 16, 2026


“#1 Draft Pick For 2028” - Rubis’s Munich Speech Positions Him As UNIFIER Of NATO, EU & US


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Rob and Tom discuss Marco Rubio's speech at the Munich Economic and Foreign Affairs Conference. They discuss the impact of this speech and the impact it can have on the 2020 Republican presidential field. They also discuss the importance of American leadership on the global stage.

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00:00:00.000 Let's start off with Munich. More and more and more people are calling this man the 2028
00:00:07.860 leading Republican presidential candidate. The only thing, if he can get past the primary
00:00:13.180 of beating J.D. Vance, because J.D. has the Turning Point USA organization, J.D. has
00:00:19.620 some of the younger folks, and he has a bigger out there market. But when he hit the stage,
00:00:25.720 Rob, if you can find a clip of when Marco hit the stage. Folks, people lost their, I mean,
00:00:32.340 you don't get this kind of reaction at these types of events. They clapped for him in his speech three
00:00:37.600 times. One time he's just kind of going through the speech. They stopped him in the middle of his
00:00:43.000 speech just to give him an applause, and he was in the middle of his speech. Marco Rubio. It's a 26,
00:00:48.940 27-minute speech, and it was like five minutes of Q&A they do at the end. But Rob, if you don't mind
00:00:53.940 just showing the applause at the beginning. Go ahead, Rob.
00:01:01.920 Thank you. Thank you.
00:01:06.060 I know they're standing. Oh, my. They didn't show the audience. They're standing up.
00:01:09.000 So now go back to the other clip. He made a couple incredible comments that were, the word I could
00:01:15.500 find. It's like a leader challenging everybody, yet encouraging to unify, yet being humble and
00:01:24.540 teaching history of how we once used to be hundreds of years ago. It was just a phenomenal
00:01:30.360 speech. Go ahead, Rob.
00:01:31.720 The United Nations still has tremendous potential to be a tool for good in the world.
00:01:35.440 But we cannot ignore that today, on the most pressing matters before us, it has no answers
00:01:42.440 and has played virtually no role. It could not solve the war in Gaza. Instead, it was American
00:01:49.200 leadership that freed captives from barbarians and brought about a fragile truce. It has not
00:01:55.420 solved the war in Ukraine. It took American leadership in partnership with many of the countries
00:02:00.220 here today just to bring the two sides to the table in search of a still-elusive peace.
00:02:06.520 It was powerless to constrain the nuclear program of radical Shia clerics in Tehran. That required 0.99
00:02:13.100 14 bombs dropped with precision from American B-2 bombers. And it was unable to address the
00:02:19.100 threat to our security from a narco-terrorist dictator in Venezuela. Instead, it took American special 0.82
00:02:24.900 forces to bring this fugitive to justice. In a perfect world, all of these problems and
00:02:31.480 more would be solved by diplomats and strongly worded resolutions. But we do not live in a
00:02:37.780 perfect world. And we cannot continue to allow those who blatantly and openly threaten our citizens
00:02:44.140 and endanger our global stability to shield themselves behind abstractions of international law which
00:02:50.140 they themselves routinely violate. This is the path that President Trump and the United States has
00:02:57.040 embarked upon. It is the path we ask you here in Europe to join us on. It is a path we have walked
00:03:03.580 together before and hope to walk together again. Tom, thoughts on this? It was a tremendous speech.
00:03:10.980 I felt that it was, I'm going to use a word here, I felt it was presidential, it was leadership,
00:03:15.620 it was global stage. He then summed it up and made several, actually he had many summation
00:03:22.340 points. And he would come to a summation point and he would say, you are our heritage. We came from
00:03:27.380 you. We came and built the U.S. with you. You're, we cannot succeed without you. Our success is your
00:03:33.900 success. Your success is our success. We have to do it together. And he made clear points, like the U.N.
00:03:39.820 point there without basically, you know, attacking Kofi Annan and all the corruption of the past. He
00:03:44.560 simply says, the U.N. couldn't fix these things. American leadership did. And then he sat back at
00:03:50.240 the end and the one caution I loved, he said, what, I don't remember the exact words, but it was,
00:03:55.980 we will not sit politely by and watch the decline of the West, meaning you and us. Just cautioning and
00:04:04.540 saying, hey, look, when it comes to it, American leadership is going to step up. I loved his look
00:04:09.660 and I love the fact they were paying attention. You notice they weren't rolling their eyes and
00:04:14.100 tipping their heads the way they do. Sometimes when someone comes to stage, people were attentive,
00:04:18.540 people were forward. They had their translators in their ears and they gave him applause a couple
00:04:23.780 times and then gave him a standing ovation. I love this speech. I loved his presence. I loved what I
00:04:29.840 saw. This is American leadership. That's what it's all about.
00:04:33.780 Vinny. I mean, you know, I love Tom. He didn't apologize for our country. He didn't bow to the
00:04:39.320 crowd. He pushed back and defended America. He didn't do what Gavin and all these traitors,
00:04:45.060 in my point of view, this is my opinion, did. And we'll get into that later. But Pat, you know what
00:04:48.880 it is? He's, well, Marco, you know what he is? He's the second string quarterback that is showing up
00:04:54.340 in practice and is making the coaches go, you know what? I don't know, guys, we might have to have
00:04:58.120 this guy be a starter. He has Trump's policies, okay? He has Trump's love for America without
00:05:03.420 Trump's, like, volatility because of what the media has done to him. His parents are from Cuba,
00:05:09.840 legal immigration, loves the country. I'm telling you right now, on that stage with this speech,
00:05:15.540 in my opinion, there's not even a question anymore. And I love that you said that, Pat,
00:05:20.380 that JD is the younger, is the TPUSA. He's on Theo Vaughn.
00:05:25.420 That's important, though. Oh, big time. Oh, I agree with you 100%.
00:05:30.000 But when it comes to, and by the way, I think he's qualified to do the job,
00:05:33.600 but this guy right here, Marco Rubio, from what I'm seeing, you know how they always say,
00:05:37.880 Trump's not presidential, and Trump isn't this. This guy's presidential. He loves the country.
00:05:42.580 When he goes to other countries, he stands firm and tells them that they're the problem, 0.99
00:05:46.600 they have problems, but we have to work together. I think he's a stud. I love him.
00:05:50.440 Yeah, I want to go to another clip, and then, Adam, I'm going to come to you. Rob,
00:05:52.760 what other clips do you have? Do you have the clip of when he says the following,
00:05:56.800 there's a line where he says, it was this continent that produced the genius of Mozart and
00:06:04.700 Beethoven, of Dante and Shakespeare, of Michelangelo and da Vinci, and of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
00:06:11.840 And they started laughing. These momentous, these monuments and artists testify not only to the
00:06:19.260 greatness of our past, but to the promise of our future. The message was so unifying. The message
00:06:25.280 was so, he said another thing where, Tom, you were kind of trying to quote him. He said,
00:06:30.000 while we are prepared, if necessary, to do this alone, it is our preference, preference,
00:06:37.140 and it is our hope to do this together with you, our friends here in Europe. And we care deeply
00:06:43.080 about your future and ours. And if at times we disagree, our disagreements come from our profound
00:06:48.300 sense of concern. Okay. Both our histories and our fates are linked together. There was another
00:06:54.660 message he gave when he says, we got to get off this thing about fear. Rob, can you, can you search
00:06:59.240 on the words, on the transcript, fear of climate change, type in fear of climate change, go to that
00:07:05.740 part, Rob, and then go back maybe five seconds prior to that. I just love, he says, enough with this fear
00:07:11.980 porn. Look at the way he puts this together. Go for it. It's not just a set of bad policies,
00:07:17.940 but a malaise of hopelessness and complacency. An alliance is what, the alliance that we want is
00:07:23.600 one that is not paralyzed into an action by fear, fear of climate change, fear of war, fear of
00:07:29.300 technology. Instead, we want an alliance that boldly races into the future. And the only fear we have
00:07:35.380 is the fear of the shame of not leaving our nations prouder, stronger, and wealthier for our
00:07:41.860 children. An alliance ready to defend our people, to safeguard our interests, and to preserve the
00:07:47.940 freedom of action that allows us to shape our own destiny. Not one that exists to operate a global
00:07:53.560 welfare state and atone for the purported sins of past generations. An alliance that does not allow
00:08:00.620 its power to be outsourced, constrained, subordinated to systems beyond. I just love, I just love the
00:08:06.700 way he put this together. To me, he's officially number one draft pick for 2028. Number one. And I
00:08:14.240 think the reason why JD is asking to be able to solve the California issue is because he knows he's
00:08:18.540 behind the eight ball right now. And by the way, if he's president, he calls JD to be VP, JD's not
00:08:24.860 taking it because nobody wants to be VP, VP for two different presidents. That's, he'll become the
00:08:31.120 first in history to do so. You don't want to make history doing that. And I don't think JD will do
00:08:34.880 it. I think he would take somebody else's VP. There's something very, very attractive about the
00:08:41.700 way he's handling business. Adam. Well, in my opinion, little Marco has completely grown up.
00:08:47.920 I mean, you know, playing the long game, whether it's in politics or in real life, sometimes it's
00:08:54.080 not your time. It was not little Marco's time in 2016, but it certainly looks like this will be his
00:08:59.500 time in 2028. Look, the world is a dangerous place, man. What's going on in the world with China 1.00
00:09:05.880 trying to have worldwide hegemony over the United States, whether it's Iran holding the world hostage 0.98
00:09:11.400 with their nuclear deals, North Korea. We know how well-versed he is with what's going on in Latin
00:09:16.160 America, especially Venezuela. You know, his parents are Cuban. He's from Miami. Shout out to Miami.
00:09:21.460 But the world is a better place and a safer place when America leads. So this is what American
00:09:26.300 leadership is. And then he also, he's almost like Trump, but with a little bit more poise,
00:09:32.920 not as much style, but more substance. And he basically said, guys, we need you. You're our allies.
00:09:40.560 And it's kind of like, pick a lane. Do you want to be on America's side or do you want
00:09:45.020 to be on the globalist China side? And he went one by one. Pat, I don't know if you saw that
00:09:49.800 when he goes, Britain, this is what you did for us. Okay. Without you, we wouldn't be here. 0.89
00:09:55.700 French, the Enlightenment. Thank you for that. New Amsterdam is now it's called New York.
00:10:00.660 Went country by country, city by city. You helped shape America. So, I mean, in my opinion,
00:10:06.840 it's a little too early to speculate on 2028. But in my opinion, this is that dude right there.
00:10:13.400 Listen, in 2022, I speculated that Trump was going to win and the stock market was going
00:10:18.480 to go to 50,000. It is on time to speculate. And I'm telling you, I'm speculating a lot right now.
00:10:23.620 By the way, here's the part. There's obviously two years left, three years left till that time comes.
00:10:30.360 But what's his resume look like right now? What's JD's resume look like right now?
00:10:34.640 Oh, dude, it's not even close. No, no. But I'm being serious. What's the resume look like right
00:10:38.380 now? You know what this, you know what this administration could do? You know what this
00:10:42.200 administration could do? This could be the first administration where, you know, you kind of
00:10:49.140 think about the power of being a VP, where VP is kind of like, because remember in that movie,
00:10:55.940 Vice, with the scene where Dick Cheney is going around talking to people and says,
00:11:00.700 who the hell is a vice president? And what the hell does it mean to be a vice president?
00:11:05.520 It's like, hey, you're just a token. You're just a guy that has a position.
00:11:09.400 Dick wanted to get stuff done, right? Dick was a doer. Love him or hate him. He wanted
00:11:14.840 to get stuff done on his own agenda. In this case, JD, I believe, was the right pick that
00:11:21.420 Trump made for VP. I think it was the right pick. But I also think this guy on Saturday night,
00:11:27.180 we're having dinner, and we're walking out, and Vinny says,
00:11:30.340 and I'm like, what's he saying? And oh, it's Sean Hannity. Sean Hannity walks in. We have a nice
00:11:35.680 15-minute conversation together, and he's talking to the girls and sending them, you know, having a
00:11:40.060 conversation. And I said to him, I said, I just want you to know, for me, I'm not speaking on him.
00:11:44.160 I'm telling him. I said, this is the number one draft pick right now. Something very, very attractive
00:11:48.980 about him. And I will tell you, in business and in politics and in military, you have two different
00:11:55.480 types of leaders. You have wartime leaders. You have peacetime leaders. The problem with wartime
00:12:00.640 leaders sometimes is they don't know what to do during peace. They create war. I don't know if
00:12:06.080 that makes sense. A wartime leader always needs chaos. They are the one you hire during chaos to
00:12:12.320 fix the problem. But if you don't, if you're not too careful, guess what the wartime leader typically
00:12:16.620 does? They tend to always create chaos. This guy, you know what Rubio is showing? What?
00:12:22.580 There's a very interesting thing with Rubio. Well, he said, uh, Rubio is showing that he
00:12:28.840 can, he can be a, when you think about him, do you think about him as a peacetime or wartime
00:12:32.920 guy? Peace. Tom, what do you think about him? I think he's an interesting hybrid, more of
00:12:37.620 a peacetime guy, but he's a hybrid. I think he's 70, 30 piece, but that 30 is a good enough 0.92
00:12:42.660 of 30. That's good. Meaning he's capable. Same page. Meaning he's capable. Well, I think Trump
00:12:46.460 is a 70, 30 war is what he is. I think Trump is the guy you put in to solve the problem.
00:12:52.380 By the way, since 2015, 2016, nobody could have done this job better than Trump. Not,
00:12:57.740 there was not one candidate in America that could have done what Trump did. Not one candidate
00:13:02.060 in America. This one won't last a second, folks. We're at the, uh, uh, at the Pentagon.
00:13:07.580 I don't know where we were at. Department of State. Guy pulls up to us and says, you know,
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