Czech FM clashes with Hillary Clinton over “gender revolution and climate alarmism”

Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka clashed with former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during a panel debate at the Munich Security Conference, where he defended some of President Donald Trump’s policies.

“I think what Trump is doing in America is a reaction to the fact that in some political areas things have gone too far — too far from ordinary people, too far from reality,” Macinka said.

He added that he disagrees with what he described as “the gender revolution and climate alarmism,” stating that he believes “there are only two sexes, and the rest is probably a social construct. ”

Macinka also argued that the West is divided between conservatism and progressivism, which he described as rejecting tradition and promoting what he called “artificial concepts of social engineering.” He said he considers himself a conservative politician.

Ms. Clinton voiced strong disagreement with his arguments and his defense of Donald Trump’s policies.

The discussion, focused on divisions within the West, concluded Saturday’s public programme at the Munich Security Conference. Also appearing on the panel were Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, Bulgarian political scientist Ivan Krastev and political scientist Gladden Pappin of the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs.