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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte praised President Donald Trump's leadership regarding Iran, arguing that efforts to limit Iran's nuclear capabilities strengthened international security.
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00:00A few things I want to share with the media, with you being here at present, and it's about
00:05your leadership. First of all, about Iran. I really want to make clear how important it
00:11is what you are doing on Iran. This is first of all about the nuclear capability Iran was
00:17basically getting its hands on. And that would have been a threat to the region, it would
00:23have been a threat to the whole world. This is a country which is exporting chaos, it
00:26is exporting terrorism, and they were very near to getting their hands on the nuclear
00:32capability. You've seen last week in Mr. G7 all the leaders in the G7 applauding the fact
00:38that this nuclear capability has been degraded. This is extremely important, and I just want
00:42to make this clear, because sometimes people think why was this whole Iran thing going on?
00:46This is about security, about safety, this is the leader of the free world taking responsibility
00:50beyond the shores of the United States for the rest of the world, and this is what you
00:54did. I know there have been debates about whether your allies in Europe were with you
00:59enough. I just want to say one thing, which is, I know you're thinking, but let me, and
01:05I know about the, let's say, your, your, yeah, your irritation about that, but when you look
01:13at the numbers, four to five thousand US planes taking off from bases in Europe in the six weeks
01:21this war took place.
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Rutte discussed Iran's regional influence, nuclear concerns, and the role of U.S. leadership in addressing global security challenges.

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