00:00I mean, you say you did bring up this issue of military capabilities, so did you raise with him his
00:06threats to pull out of NATO?
00:07Well, we're very strong supporters of NATO, and I've been making the argument for some considerable time that we need
00:14to do more.
00:15It's the single most effective military alliance the world has ever known.
00:19Do we Europeans need to do more? Yes, I've been making that argument for the best part of two years
00:25to our European partners as much as anybody else.
00:29We continue to make that case, and we will make that case.
00:32Then it's in America's interest as well, though.
00:34It is in America's interest. It's in European interest.
00:37You know, NATO is a defensive alliance which for decades has kept us much safer than we would otherwise have
00:44been.
00:45So we're strong supporters of NATO. We'll always be stronger supporters of NATO.
00:49Do I think there should be a stronger European element to NATO? Yes.
00:53And I think we should step into that space.
00:55We're already doing it, which is why we're coordinating strategically with our partners in NATO.
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