00:18Firstly NATO is the single most effective military alliance the world has ever seen
00:24and it has kept us safe for many decades and we are fully committed to NATO secondly that
00:32whatever the pressure on me and others whatever the noise I'm going to act in the British national
00:41interest in all the decisions that I make and that's why I've been absolutely clear that this
00:45is not our war and we're not going to get dragged into it it is increasingly clear that as the
00:51world
00:52continues down this volatile path our long-term national interest requires closer partnership
00:59with our allies in Europe and with the European Union now we have made progress on this front
01:07on agriculture electricity emissions trading and more it's in our interest to have a strong
01:15relationship with the US and with Europe but I do think that when it comes to defense and security
01:20energy emissions in the economy we need a stronger relationship with Europe I actually think that
01:26will help strengthen our relationship with the US because successive presidents have said that Europe
01:33needs to do more on their defense and security I've long argued that with European colleagues that we
01:39should be doing more and that's not just for example on defense spend although it is on defense spend it's
01:47also on how we spend how we collaborate cooperate cooperation on defense secure I think there's no doubt
01:54unfortunately after this conflict is is concluded we are going to have to re-examine that relationship we're going to
02:00have to
02:01re-examine the value of NATO and that alliance for our country ultimately that's a decision for the president to
02:05make and he'll have to make it we're going to finish the job here as I said we're very very
02:09close to achieving our objectives on all of these things that I've outlined but I do think unfortunately we are
02:15going to have to re-examine
02:16and whether or not this alliance that has served this country well for for a while is still serving that
02:21purpose or is it now become a
02:23one-way street where America is simply in a position to defend Europe but when we need the help of
02:28our allies they're going to deny us basing rights and they're going to deny us overflight
02:34and as far as NATO's concerned that's a decision that will be left to the president but I'll just say
02:39a lot has been laid bare a lot has been shown to the world about what our allies would be
02:45willing to do
02:45for the United States of America when we undertake an effort of this scope on behalf of the free world
02:51these are missiles that don't even range the United States of America they range allies and others
02:56and and yet when we ask for additional assistance or simple access basing overflight we get questions
03:03or roadblocks or hesitations and the president's pointing out you don't have much of an uh an alliance
03:10if you have countries that are not willing to stand with you when you need them he's simply pointing that
03:14out uh and ultimately it'll be his decision of what that looks like after this is complete and I think
03:19the president was clear this morning in his truth that that there are countries around the world
03:25who ought to be prepared to step up on this critical waterway as well it's not just the United States
03:31Navy last time I checked there was supposed to be a big bad Royal Navy that could be prepared to
03:36do
03:36things like that as well so he's pointing out this is an international waterway that we use less than
03:40most in fact dramatically less than most so the world ought pay attention to be prepared to stand up
03:45President Trump's been willing to do the heavy lifting on behalf of the free world to address this
03:49threat of Iran uh it's not just our problem set going forward even though we have done
03:54the lion's share of preparation to ensure that that straight will be will be open which is an
03:58outcome uh the the president's been very clear on adversaries Russia China North Korea
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