00:00And if anyone thinks here, again, that the European Union, or Europe as a whole, can defend itself without the U.S., keep on dreaming.
00:07You can't. We can't. We need each other.
00:10And why do we need each other? I tell you.
00:12First of all, because also the U.S. needs NATO.
00:15They are also in NATO because for the U.S. to stay safe, and by the way, Arctic region is evidence here,
00:21they need a secure Arctic, they need a secure Euro-Atlantic, and they also need a secure Europe.
00:25So the U.S. has every interest in NATO as much as Canada and the European NATO allies.
00:32A European pillar is a bit of an empty word.
00:35I guess what you mean is a sort of next to each nation to have a sort of European defense force.
00:40I think, but of course that's up to the European countries to decide, but I think there will be a lot of duplication.
00:47I wish you luck if you want to do it, because you have to find the men and women in uniform.
00:50It will be on top of what is happening already, and it will make things more complicated.
00:54I think Putin will love it.
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