Overview
- Conference organizers say Secretary of State Marco Rubio will head the U.S. presence in Munich with a scheduled address on February 14, joined by more than 50 members of Congress, while President Trump will not attend.
- Wolfgang Ischinger, the conference chairman, described a considerable crisis of trust in transatlantic relations even as he welcomed the size of the U.S. delegation.
- Survey data in the Munich Security Report show rising public pessimism in key democracies and greater skepticism about the United States' reliability.
- Following the February 13–15 gathering, Rubio will visit Slovakia and Hungary on February 15–16 for meetings focused on regional security, energy and bilateral ties, with the Hungary stop coming after Trump's endorsement of Viktor Orbán ahead of April elections.
- Organizers expect broad international attendance including heads of state and ministers, with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy among the most prominent participants and Russia absent once again.