00:00Why are we protecting countries that don't protect us?
00:02And I've always felt that was a weakness of NATO.
00:05We were going to protect them.
00:07But I always said, when in need, they won't protect us.
00:10Now this isn't need.
00:12Need would be one of the big boys.
00:15But I will say that we built the greatest military in the world and we protect people.
00:22And if we need their mine boats or if we need anything, any piece of apparatus that they
00:29may have because of a situation that they have, they should be jumping to help us because
00:34we've helped them for years stay out of wars.
00:36Yeah, please.
00:37Have you been speaking with the French President Macron about the coalition to reopen the Strait
00:42of Hormuz?
00:43Yeah, I have.
00:44I have spoken to him.
00:46He's been on a scale of zero to ten.
00:51I'd say he's been an eight.
00:53Not perfect.
00:55But it's France.
00:58We don't expect perfect.
01:00Are you confident that France will help with the reopening of Strait of Hormuz?
01:05Yeah, I mean, sure.
01:06He's going to I think he's going to help.
01:08I mean, I'll let you know.
01:09I spoke to him yesterday.
01:12I don't do a hard sell on them because my attitude is we don't need anybody.
01:19We're the strongest nation in the world.
01:21We have the strongest military by far in the world.
01:23We don't need them, but it's interesting.
01:27I'm almost doing it in some cases not because we need them, but because I want to find out
01:31how they react.
01:32Because I've been saying for years that if we ever did need them, they won't be there.
01:36Not all of them, but they won't be there.
01:37I was very surprised with the United Kingdom because the United Kingdom two weeks ago, I said,
01:44why don't you send some ships over?
01:46And he really didn't want to do it.
01:49I said, you don't want to do it.
01:50We've been with you.
01:51You're our oldest ally.
01:53And we spend a lot of money on, you know, NATO and all of these things to protect you.
01:59I mean, we're protecting them.
02:00We're working with them on Ukraine.
02:02Ukraine's thousands of miles away, separated by a vast ocean.
02:07We don't have to do that, but we did it.
02:09Well, Biden did it.
02:10I mean, I have to be honest with you.
02:11It's three.
02:12Biden.
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