Vice President JD Vance traveled to the annual Munich Security Conference in Germany this week and delivered a no-nonsense speech that shocked and angered many of America's European allies.

President Donald Trump was asked by a European reporter about what Vance had said that hurt so many feelings, but far from apologizing or walking back the remarks, Trump stood by his VP and said his speech was "brilliant" and necessary, according to The Hill.

That likely won't sit well with left-leaning European politicians and U.S. Democrats, who condemned Vance for his remarks that called out their embarrassing and continent-endangering policy shortcomings in terms of upholding the values of democracy, especially including free speech rights, as well as unrestricted migration from non-European nations.

Trump defends Vance's speech in Europe as "brilliant" and "very good"

President Trump signed executive orders at the White House on Friday and, as he so often tends to do, he turned the event into an impromptu mini-press conference as he took a handful of questions from gathered reporters, including one from Europe who echoed complaints about how VP Vance's speech had "ruffled quite a few feathers."

"I heard his speech and he talked about freedom of speech. And I think it’s true in Europe, it’s losing," Trump replied. "They’re losing their wonderful right of freedom of speech. I see it."

"I mean, I thought he made a very good speech, actually, a very brilliant speech," he continued.

"Europe has to be careful," Trump warned. "And he talked about immigration. And Europe has a big immigration problem. Just take a look at what’s happened with crime. Take a look at what’s happening in various parts of Europe."

"I thought his speech was very well received, actually. I have heard very good remarks," the president added in further defense of his vice president.

Vance's speech that "ruffled quite a few feathers"

On Thursday, Vice President Vance delivered a hard-hitting speech at the Munich Security Conference that at certain points chided European leaders for their failed policies while simultaneously encouraging them to get their act together in adhering to the "fundamental values" of democracy that are ostensibly shared by the U.S. and Europe alike.

Giving a nod to the main purpose of the conference, Vance said, "But while the Trump administration is very concerned with European security and believes that we can come to a reasonable settlement between Russia and Ukraine -- and we also believe that it’s important in the coming years for Europe to step up in a big way to provide for its own defense -- the threat that I worry the most about vis-a-vis Europe is not Russia, it’s not China, it’s not any other external actor."

"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 of America," he continued.

Vance went on to speak at length about the anti-democratic actions of some European nations, including threatening to or actually annulling the results of elections the powers that be disagreed with, censoring and silencing the free speech of political opposition groups and the citizenry, and the importation of tens of millions of migrants, legal and otherwise, from non-European countries that have in many ways altered and upended European society.

Somebody needed to say it

It is not surprising, and perhaps was even expected, that some European leaders would feign offense and react negatively to being publicly called out and exposed by VP Vance, but in the view of many American citizens, and likely plenty of European citizens, the VP's scolding was exactly what those European leaders needed to hear.

The fact that President Trump strongly backed and even praised Vance's speech as "brilliant" shows that the VP's assessment of the current European situation was spot-on.