{"id":2985,"date":"2026-02-15T19:42:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T19:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=2985"},"modified":"2026-02-15T19:42:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T19:42:21","slug":"hillary-clinton-confronts-czech-deputy-prime-minister-over-trump-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=2985","title":{"rendered":"Hillary Clinton confronts Czech Deputy Prime Minister over Trump policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Former Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/hillary-clinton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hillary Clinton<\/a> clashed with a Czech political leader at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Clinton was speaking during a panel on the state of the West where she heavily criticized President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> for his dealings with Europe. Petr Macinka, a Czech deputy prime minister, defended the Trump administration as Clinton repeatedly mocked his statements and tried to speak over him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;First, I think you really don&#8217;t like him,&#8221; Macinka said as he began to respond to Clinton&#8217;s Trump-bashing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know, that is absolutely true,&#8221; Clinton said. &#8220;But not only do I not like him, but I don&#8217;t like what he&#8217;s actually doing to the United States and the world, and I think you should take a hard look at it if you think there is something good that will come of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-rips-europe-davos-wrong-direction-points-migration-spending\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRUMP RIPS EUROPE AT DAVOS FOR WRONG &#8216;DIRECTION,\u2019 POINTS TO MIGRATION AND SPENDING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/343\/192\/hillary-clinton-atlantic-trump-maga-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/686\/384\/hillary-clinton-atlantic-trump-maga-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/672\/378\/hillary-clinton-atlantic-trump-maga-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1344\/756\/hillary-clinton-atlantic-trump-maga-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/931\/523\/hillary-clinton-atlantic-trump-maga-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1862\/1046\/hillary-clinton-atlantic-trump-maga-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/720\/405\/hillary-clinton-atlantic-trump-maga-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1440\/810\/hillary-clinton-atlantic-trump-maga-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1200\/675\/hillary-clinton-atlantic-trump-maga-fox-news.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks onstage while standing at a podium during a book event.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Hillary Clinton appeared at the Munich Security Conference this weekend.<\/span> <span>(Amy Sussman\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Well, what Trump is doing in America, I think that it is a reaction. Reaction for some policies that really went too far, too far from the regular people,&#8221; Macinka said as Clinton interjected to ask for examples.<\/p>\n<p>Macinka referenced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/topic\/woke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;woke&#8221; ideologies<\/a>, gender theories and cancel culture that ran rampant throughout the U.S. in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton then mocked him, suggesting he was opposed to &#8220;women getting their rights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/one-sentence-rubios-munich-speech-revealed-trumps-red-line-europe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>THE ONE SENTENCE IN RUBIO&#8217;S MUNICH SPEECH THAT REVEALED TRUMP&#8217;S RED LINE FOR EUROPE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Macinka then rebuffed her hostility, saying he can tell he was making her &#8220;nervous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The exchange came during the same panel where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/hillary-clinton-says-migration-went-too-far-needs-fixed-humane-way\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clinton discussed immigration<\/a> in the U.S., admitting that it had gone &#8220;too far.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It went too far, it&#8217;s been disruptive and destabilizing, and it needs to be fixed in a humane way with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/immigration\/border-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>secure borders<\/u><\/a> that don&#8217;t torture and kill people and how we&#8217;re going to have a strong family structure because it is at the base of civilization,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton acknowledged that there are places where a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/topic\/border-wall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>physical barrier<\/u><\/a> is appropriate but opposed large-scale expansion of a border wall during her 2016 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/343\/192\/us-border-crossing.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/686\/384\/us-border-crossing.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/672\/378\/us-border-crossing.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1344\/756\/us-border-crossing.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/931\/523\/us-border-crossing.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1862\/1046\/us-border-crossing.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/720\/405\/us-border-crossing.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1440\/810\/us-border-crossing.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1200\/675\/us-border-crossing.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Family crossing US border\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration has cracked down on illegal immigration.<\/span> <span>(AP Photo\/Eugene Garcia, File)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the time, she supported then-President Barack Obama&#8217;s executive actions that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/topic\/daca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>deferred immigration enforcement<\/u><\/a> against millions of children and parents in the country illegally and wanted to end the practice of family detention.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton also planned on continuing Obama&#8217;s policy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/immigration\/deportation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>deporting violent criminals<\/u><\/a>, but wanted to scale back immigration raids, which she said at the time produced &#8220;unnecessary fear and disruption in communities,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trumps-and-clintons-differing-immigration-policies-keeping-11m-lives-in-tense-limbo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><u>Fox News Digital<\/u><\/a> previously reported.<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News&#8217; Ashley DiMella contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<p> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking news events. 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