Vance jokes about Greta Thunberg as he goes scorched earth on European censorship

In a speech at the Munich Security Conference largely critical of Europe's censorship activities, the vice president insisted the gathered leaders should listen more to their voters. 

Thunberg, the 22-year-old Swedish environmental crusader, stole the spotlight among liberals over her climate concerns before she even turned 18. 

"I know you are trying, but just not hard enough. Sorry," Thunberg told a U.S. Senate climate panel in 2019. 

"Don't invite us here to just tell us how inspiring we are without actually doing anything about it," she said at age 16. 

Musk, meanwhile, has gone toe-to-toe with Europe over censorship, and the European Commission recently ramped up its probe into whether Musk's X had breached EU rules on content moderation. Musk has called the commission "undemocractic" and called on the European Union to hold referendums to vote on policies that apply to all of its nations. 

Musk has also riled European officials with his support for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Germany's elections, and for endorsing Britain's right-wing Reform party.

"It's good to be proud of German culture, German values, and not to lose that in some sort of multiculturalism that dilutes everything," he said in a recent video appearance at an AfD campaign event.