Hillary Clinton took the stage at the Munich Security Conference to lecture the world on “common values,” and somehow managed to indict her own party in the process. On a panel titled “The West-West Divide: What Remains of Common Values,” Clinton admitted that migration has gone “too far” and become “disruptive and destabilizing.” That’s quite the confession after years of Democrats pushing policies that did exactly that. Better late than never, I guess.
Then, as if on cue, Clinton took a swipe at President Donald Trump and his administration’s effort to clean up the mess left behind by Joe Biden. Doing that overseas, while pretending to speak for “the West,” is a bold move — and not in a good way.
Enter Petr Macinka, who decided he wasn’t buying what Clinton was selling.
“First, I think you really don’t like him,” Macinka said.
“You know, that is absolutely true,” Clinton admitted, before launching into another lecture about how Trump is supposedly bad for America and the world — and even telling Macinka what he should think about it. Ten years later, and she’s still processing Election Night.
Macinka responded with something refreshingly honest: Trump’s rise was a reaction to how extreme the left had become.
“What Trump is doing in America,” he said, “is a reaction for some policies that really went too far, too far from the regular people.”
He pointed to cancel culture, the woke revolution, and radical gender ideology — all while Clinton made faces next to him like she was watching something truly offensive: disagreement.
“Which gender, women having their rights?” Clinton snarked.
Because apparently believing there are two genders now equals hating women. Never mind that it’s radical ideology that has pushed men into women’s locker rooms and sports — but details are inconvenient.
Macinka didn’t blink. He said there are two genders and that everything else is a social construct that went too far. That’s when Clinton completely lost the plot and dragged Ukraine into the conversation, asking if that “justifies selling out Ukraine.” What Ukraine had to do with gender ideology in Europe was anyone’s guess. Trump, meanwhile, has been trying to end that war, while Democrats seem perfectly comfortable funding it forever.
Macinka started laughing at how angry and desperate she sounded. “I’m sorry, this makes you nervous,” he said, drawing laughs from the crowd. Clinton clearly isn’t used to being challenged — especially by someone who isn’t impressed by her résumé.
Good for Macinka. Someone had to say it. Clinton may not care how her attacks on Trump reflect on the United States abroad, but the rest of the world notices. And the contrast between her bitterness and leaders focused on results couldn’t be clearer.
That difference is especially obvious when you compare her to figures like Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who represents America with confidence instead of grudges.
In Munich, Clinton showed she’s still fighting old battles. Macinka showed why Trump’s message resonates: regular people got tired of being lectured by elites who refuse to admit their policies failed. And judging by the laughter in that room, the world is starting to see it too — which is a pretty encouraging sign for anyone who believes common sense still has a future.
