# The United States and Europe Must Win Together by Marco Rubio > “Though passions may at times have strained the bonds of affection between the United States and Europe, they must not be allowed to break them. Together, we must strengthen an alliance capable of confronting the threats of our age. We do not believe the transatlantic friendship should be zero-sum. Quite the opposite: our vision is of an alliance whose strength is greater than the sum of its parts. […] We want to win together. We must win together.” > **— Marco Rubio**, *Remarks at the Pnyx, Athens, October 7, 2026, 16:43–17:39* ## Sources and Context - **Primary recording:** [U.S. Department of State recording, 16:43–17:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOv1DpML7I4&t=1003s), October 7, 2026. - **Official transcript:** [U.S. Department of State — Secretary of State Marco Rubio Remarks](https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesman/2026/10/secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-remarks), October 7, 2026. The State Department page returned a technical-difficulties notice during the source-research pass; the audiovisual recording remains the controlling primary source. - **Prepared source record:** [[research/Secretary Rubio Delivers Remarks from the Acropolis in Athens|Secretary Rubio Delivers Remarks from the Acropolis in Athens]] preserves the complete spoken transcript, the attendance record, the source architecture, and this statement's position in the full address. - **Editorial record:** The ellipsis removes Rubio's Greenland example while preserving the complete governing proposition that the alliance should multiply sovereign strength and win together. The complete uncompressed delivery remains available in the prepared source record for direct comparison. - **Context:** The statement gives transatlantic cooperation a positive strategic purpose. Alliance is neither submission nor abstraction; it is the multiplication of sovereign capabilities toward shared victory. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Neo-Westernism|Neo-Westernism]] - [[wiki/Marco Rubio|Marco Rubio]] - [[wiki/Greece-United States Alliance|Greece-United States Alliance]] - [[wiki/Transatlantic Supersession|Transatlantic Supersession]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Though passions may at times have strained the bonds of affection between the United States and Europe, they must not be allowed to break them. Together, we must strengthen an alliance capable of confronting the threats of our age. We do not believe the transatlantic friendship should be zero-sum. Quite the opposite: our vision is of an alliance whose strength is greater than the sum of its parts. […] We want to win together. We must win together.” — Marco Rubio, Remarks at the Pnyx, Athens, October 7, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-marco-rubio-transatlantic-alliance-win-together ```