Rubio blasts globalism and open borders at birthplace of Western civilization (VIDEO)

Washington has increasingly accused EU elites of sacrificing national sovereignty, free speech and cultural identity in pursuit of a globalist agenda US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has delivered a blistering attack on open borders, globalism and the erosion of national sovereignty in Europe, warning from the ancient heart of Athens that the West risks sliding into “atrophy, servitude and decline.”Speaking on Wednesday from the Pnyx, the ancient assembly site beneath the Acropolis, Rubio argued that Western governments had spent decades dismantling the very principles that made their civilization successful.“‘Nationalism’ became a dirty word,” Rubio said. “So we tore down our monuments, we condemned our own history, and in too many places we taught our children to be ashamed of the countries they would inherit.”“In the process we opened our borders, and outsourced our industry, and allowed our militaries to wither and to decay,” he added.Rubio contrasted the globalist approach embraced by much of the European political establishment with the Trump administration’s “America First” doctrine, arguing that governments have an obligation to put their own citizens above international i...