White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller praised President Donald Trump’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, calling it a defining moment for U.S. leadership and a direct challenge to what he described as Europe’s long-standing policy failures.

Speaking after the address, Miller said Trump’s remarks amounted to a rare and consequential assessment of Europe’s economic, energy, migration, and defense decisions, while also producing tangible results for American and global security.

“A master class, a true, amazing master class in diplomacy, statesmanship, leadership in Davos this week with President Trump,” Miller said.

Miller said Trump’s critique of Europe stood out as one of the most significant statements delivered by a U.S. president in recent memory.

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“First to your point, his critique of Europe in his Davos speech was one of the most important statements any American president has made about that continent in memory,” Miller said.

According to Miller, Trump directly confronted what he described as years of damaging European policies that weakened the continent’s economic and strategic standing.

“Europe has slowly been killing itself, killing itself by strangling its energy supply through regulation, making itself reliant on non-functioning green energy and foreign countries,” Miller said.

“Europe has been killing itself with regulation. Europe has been killing itself with reckless migration policies.”

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Miller also pointed to Europe’s reliance on the United States for defense as a central focus of Trump’s remarks.

“And Europe has been killing itself for years by not investing in its own militaries, using the United States to subsidize its defense instead of raising its own armies, instead of producing its own capabilities,” Miller said.

He credited Trump with achieving what previous administrations had failed to secure from NATO allies, describing the result as historic.

“So President Trump, first of all, as you said, he got Europe to finally commit NATO to finally commit to 5% of GDP on defense, something that presidents have been trying to do,” Miller said.

“They've been trying to get NATO to 2% for decades. President Trump got them to 5% nobody thought it was possible. He did it.”

Miller said the commitment marked a fundamental shift in how European nations approach their own defense obligations, reducing dependence on U.S. military spending.

In addition to NATO defense spending, Miller highlighted Trump’s remarks on Greenland, which have drawn international attention.

“You mentioned Greenland,” Miller said.

“Greenland is essential to America's national security. It's essential, as President Trump said to global security.”

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