Rubio to deliver urgent plea to save Western civilization during speech in its birthplace
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will deliver a speech in Greece on Wednesday calling for the renewal of Western civilization and urging allies to join the United States in rejecting the decline of the West.The renewal of the West has been a theme during Rubio's tenure at the helm of the State Department.He has often railed against what he views as an erosion of the values upon which Western civilization was built.And his speech Wednesday will build on that.
The remarks will commence at 11:30 a.m.ET, 6:30 p.m.
local time in Greece, and is set in the ancient ruins of the citadel Acropolis."Secretary Rubio will deliver an address from the birthplace of Western civilization, where he will call upon Americans and Europeans alike to join together in a great renewal of the Western spirit - an inheritance stretching from Athens and Rome to Christendom to the founding of the American Republic," Dylan Johnson, the State Department's assistant secretary for global public affairs, told Fox News Digital.U.S.Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to media as he meets with Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis during a visit on Oct.
7, 2026, in Athens, Greece.According to the State Department, the U.S.
delegation focused on strengthening cooperation between the countries on defense, regional security and energy security.(Milos Bicanski/Getty Images)TRUMP’S COUNTERTERRORISM STRATEGY SCORES BIG WINS AGAINST GLOBAL TERROR THREATS"Against the backdrop of the Acropolis, Secretary Rubio will look to the history of ancient Greece as the first full expression of the qualities that would come to define the West: curiosity, courage, ambition, and a restless spirit of exploration and discovery of the unknown," Johnson added."He will warn that too much of our civilization has forgotten these essential qualities and urge our allies across the West to join the United States in rejecting decline, defending our shared heritage, and confronting a new era of great-power competition toget...