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This week I’m in Washington, D.C., at the “Alliance of Sovereign Nations” conference — an opportunity to be present where decisions are shaped, alliances are tested, and serious conversations still happen face to face.
For Romanians, America has often been more than a destination. It has been a promise—and, unusually, one that delivered when history turned hard.
Our story here isn’t new. Romanians have shown up in decisive moments: in uniform, in diplomacy, in persuasion—patiently building trust, arguing our case, and refusing to accept that distance equals irrelevance.
Today the stakes are familiar, even if the vocabulary has changed: sovereignty, energy security, free speech, and the future of a transatlantic partnership that can no longer be taken for granted.
The Romanian delegation reflects that urgency. We may not agree on everything, but we share a basic instinct: presence matters. Networks matter. Relationships matter. Absence has a cost.
For too long, Romanians have admired America from afar—with sincerity, but also with a kind of melancholy that achieves nothing.
It’s time to trade melancholy for arguments.
Time to trade commentary for presence.
Methods change. The need doesn’t. @georgesimion @briansbrown @realannapaulina
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