Secretary of State Marco Rubio with Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, White House Deputy of Staff and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller, and Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau at the Opening of the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism were utterly brilliant. I have never seen an Administration so disciplined, and so lacking in prima donnas out to magnify their own achievements.
Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau: For those of us who grew up in the 1970s, the topic that we’re going to be discussing today is all too familiar. From the Red Brigades and the Baader-Meinhof Group in Europe, to the Weather Underground here in the United States, to the Tupamaros and the Montoneros in South America, many of our countries have familiarity in the past with political terrorism, and unfortunately, we’re seeing a resurgence of that again today. And so that is why we are gathered here, to talk about this dangerous trend.
Obviously, we know – the good news is it can be defeated, because it has been defeated. And we can defeat it again. But that’s going to require some clear leadership.
And then our clear leaders stepped to the podium. In a fantastic demonstration of solidarity with the President, his cabinet members outlined how we defeat Marxism, Fascism and all their fleas: BLM, Defund the Police, Antifa, etc
Miller was fantastic. He is one to watch. A pitbull. A full verbatim transcript is not yet publicly available (the event is very recent), but major news outlets reported these key excerpts from Miller’s remarks:
- Core characterization of the “leftist”: “The leftist is fundamentally motivated by envy, by hatred, by jealousy. The leftist looks at what is beautiful and what is good and what is natural and is filled with envy and hatred. The leftist looks at a perfect family with a perfect life and a perfect job and a perfect kid and goes to church every Sunday.”
- On left-wing violence and appeals to rights: “One of the hallmarks of leftwing violence and terrorism is its completely pretextual and disingenuous appeal to civil liberties in an effort to shield its own violence. This is the tactic that the left always uses to try to protect itself from facing criminal punishment. It is essential that we are wise enough and strong enough to understand that these appeals must fall on deaf ears. When the leftist protests that we are violating his rights, understand that he is lying to try to persuade people who are not closely following the political scene that some injustice has been perpetrated against him. We must stay the course and be completely unflinching in the pursuit of justice against these enemies of civilization.”
- “Left-wing terrorism always ends in bloodshed, misery, and suffering. It can only travel in one direction. There is no point at which the left-wing terrorist is satisfied with his gains.”
One day people will look back at this brilliant speech by @StephenM and see it was a turning point. Only America has the will to restore beauty and order and normalcy, and if it happens it will be thanks to statesmen like this pic.twitter.com/aEiIhZ0KdW
— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) July 17, 2026
So was Bessent. If there is anyone smarter and more ruthless than Bessent in the Administration, they’re hiding him in a bunker to deploy when civil war erupts. He is amazing and marches in locked-step with the Trump Agenda.
"Fatal Cancer On Civilization": Trump's War On Marxism Enters Action Phase As Rubio, Miller And Bessent Address 65 Nations https://t.co/9HjyqCmr60
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) July 16, 2026
As we mentioned yesterday, Rubio nailed it. “This is a distinctive and unique evil. It has always been driven by a hatred, above all else, for civilization itself.”