'Firepower' is coming: Hegseth and NATO's Rutte speak ahead of Defense Ministers meeting

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00:00All in all, we are making great progress. Again, thank you so much, Pete, for everything you are doing. Mark.

00:06It's great to see you.

00:07Great to see you.

00:08Great to be here. And Mark mentioned it. Firepower.

00:11That's what is coming, we expect, and is coming from NATO.

00:15And it was a historic summit just a couple of months ago,

00:18brought about by leadership of President Trump to say we need our allies to step up.

00:23And they did, and they have, in those commitments.

00:26Now those commitments will soon translate into capabilities, which is the most important aspect of it.

00:33And one part of that, of course, is Pearl, is the initiative where European countries buy U.S. weapons,

00:40transfer to NATO for the fight in Ukraine to bring peace to that conflict.

00:44And if there's anything we've learned under President Trump,

00:48is the active application of peace through strength.

00:53You get peace when you are strong.

00:55Not when you use strong words or wag your finger.

00:59You get it when you have strong and real capabilities that adversaries respect.

01:04And I believe that's what NATO is doing.

01:06I believe that's what the Pearl Initiative is.

01:08So our expectation today is that more countries donate even more,

01:12that they purchase even more to provide for Ukraine to bring that conflict to a peaceful conclusion.

01:18I would also note a historic moment as well for a lot of things to happen,

01:22given what the President's been able to do in Gaza and throughout the Middle East.

01:26I think the world is seeing that we have a peace President who seeks that peace

01:30through standing by those that stand with the United States and stand for peace,

01:34which is what we saw there, and I hope we can see in Ukraine.

01:37So that's the focus of our efforts.

01:38We're going to be strong to bring that about, and thanks for having us.

01:41Great.

01:42Thank you so much.

01:43Thank you so much.

01:44See you later today at pressers.