VANCE DIRECTIVE: Vice President JD Vance “stunned and silenced” his audience at the Munich Security Conference Friday when he advocated European nations open their doors to alternative parties (translation: far-right nationalists and neo-Nazis). Later, he met personally with Alice Weidel, head of the nationalist Alternative for Germany party, and extolled its cause. Of particular interest to us: In his speech, Vance also “ridiculed and diminished” the threat of Russian disinformation and other operations aimed at undermining the continent’s democratic governments, the New York Times reported. “The threat that I worry the most about vis-à-vis Europe is not Russia, it’s not China, it’s not any other external actor,” Vance said, startling the attendees and adding, “What I worry about is the threat from within, the retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values, values shared with the United States”—by which he seemed to mean far rightists. German officials, in particular, loudly rejected Vance’s views. The divide may have important ramifications for relations between European intelligence services and their U.S. counterparts.