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- The Squire’s Scrutiny: The Full Munich 2026 Interview
Location: A quiet corner of the Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Munich.
Date: February 15, 2026.
Interviewer: Señor Panza, you have spent the last few days among the most powerful people in the world. What is your humble opinion on the Munich Security Conference of 2026?
Sancho Panza: Well, sir, I’ll tell you: I’ve seen better organized goat-herding in the Sierra Morena. These great lords talk about a world "Under Destruction" as if they weren’t the ones holding the hammers! They speak of "Strategic Autonomy" like it’s a magical balsam, but from where I sit, it looks like they’re trying to build a stone wall with nothing but spit and good intentions. As the saying goes, "Between saying and doing, there is a long road," and these folks have been walking in circles since Friday.
Interviewer: There is much talk here about President Trump’s "genial" approach to solving global problems—the "Board of Peace," the $1 billion seats, and his "wrecking-ball" style of diplomacy. What does a man of the earth make of this "genius"?
Sancho Panza: [Sancho chuckles, leaning back in a chair that looks far too expensive for his frame.] "Genius," you say? Well, "every man is as God made him, and often a great deal worse." My master, Don Quixote de La Mancha, would call it enchantment, but I call it the way of the bold merchant. This President doesn't walk into a room to dance; he walks in to see who owns the floor and how much they’ll pay to keep standing on it.
He treats the world like a puzzle where the pieces are made of gold and iron. He sees a knot—like these old treaties—and instead of untying it with a thousand tiny fingers, he pulls out a pair of shears and snips it. It’s a "bulldozer" way of doing things. They call it "genial" because it’s fast, but as I’ve learned, a man who builds a house by knocking down the neighbor’s chimney shouldn't be surprised when the soot gets on his own carpet.
Interviewer: Secretary Marco Rubio gave a major speech about "Western Civilization." Some critics called it a "racist" tribute to white European culture. What did you hear?
Sancho Panza: I heard a man who knows how to wrap a hard stone in a velvet cloth. He spoke of Beethoven, the Beatles, and the "Christian faith" as if they were a shield against the rest of the world. Now, "every man thinks his own geese are swans," but when you start saying only your geese have the right to swim in the pond, people get nervous. To the folk from Africa and the islands, it didn't sound like a "tribute"; it sounded like a "Keep Out" sign. Whether it’s "racist" or just "exclusivist," he was drawing a circle in the dirt and telling the rest of the world they weren't invited to the dance.
Interviewer: Do you think Rubio was sincere in his "olive branch" to Europe? And what was Don Quixote’s reaction?
Sancho Panza: Sincere? "A man’s word is his bond, but a politician’s word is a rubber band." He’s "sincere" the way a wolf is sincere about wanting the sheep to stay healthy so there’s more meat on the bone. He likes the idea of Europe, as long as it’s a Europe that says "Yes, sir" to Washington.
As for Don Quixote, bless him, he was weeping in the balcony! He thinks Rubio is the "Knight of the Golden Fleece" come to restore Chivalry. He loved the talk of "faith" and "sacrifice." He actually tried to stand up and challenge the Chinese Minister to a duel right there for "threatening the sovereignty of the Eastern Isles"! I had to tell him that the "lance" Rubio was holding was actually a bill for 5% of the GDP, but Don Quixote won't hear it.
Interviewer: Speaking of the Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi spoke soon after. How did the Europeans react to that clash?
Sancho Panza: It was like watching a cat follow a dog. Rubio tried to build a fortress; Wang Yi tried to build a bridge—or at least a bridge that leads straight to Beijing. The Europeans? That standing ovation they gave Rubio wasn't for his "genius"—it was a sigh of relief. They were so afraid a "Vance" would come and spit in their soup that they clapped for Rubio just because he didn't insult them. But they aren't fooled; they know they're caught between an American ally who treats them like children and a Chinese partner who treats them like a shop to be bought out.
Interviewer: Readers are deeply concerned about the "social disaster" in Cuba. Does that fit into this "genial" worldview?
Sancho Panza: [Sancho’s face darkens.] That is the part they don't put in the brochures. To solve the "problem" of a government he doesn't like, he’s turned off the lights for every grandmother in Havana. This "oil blockade" since January is pushing 11 million people into the dark. In Cuba, the hospitals are failing and the water pumps have stopped.
Here in Munich, they toast to "Sovereignty," but in Cuba, the "genial" hands in Washington are tightening a noose. It’s a very strange kind of "Peace"—like a doctor who cures a headache by chopping off the head. "To try to keep the sun from rising with a finger is a fool’s errand," and trying to bring "democracy" to Cuba by taking away their milk is a sin.
Interviewer: One final word, Sancho?
Sancho Panza: Only this: "He who lies down with dogs, rises up with fleas." You can’t cheer for "Genius" when it’s building a palace in DC and a graveyard in Havana. I’m going back to my village. Even a donkey knows that when the sky turns black, you don’t stand around debating the philosophy of the rain—you find a roof.
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