00:00The answer is yes, the United States remains fully committed to NATO.
00:04We see that commitment every day, all over the Alliance, with US troops in Europe, US
00:11leadership within the Alliance, and US contributions to our collective defense.
00:17Of course, commitment is always measured by actions, and so let me get to the actions.
00:23The United States continues to demonstrate, in practical terms, its commitment to NATO
00:29every day.
00:30And the facts are that the US is not only in wordfully committed to NATO, but also in practice.
00:36And we see this, and I just listed all these examples, where the US is heavily participating
00:41in joint exercises and or leading those exercises, with substantial contributions.
00:46We have over 80,000 US troops in Europe.
00:49We have the nuclear umbrella as our ultimate guarantor of the freedom in Europe.
00:54So of course, I read those polls, but let me then give you the facts, and the facts are
01:00that the US is here.
01:01Also and this Prime Minister made this extremely clear when he visited the White House, and
01:05I'll always repeat this, he said the defense of the US mainland starts in Europe.
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