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Alexander Stubb: “Who would have expected NATO to increase defense expenditure…”

Featuring: Alexander Stubb, National Coalition | President of Finland | International

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Finnish president on Trump, Greenland and the war in Ukraine

Published | Video Starts at 11:41

So this could be a real positive. And again, you can probably see that I'm an optimist by nature and the rest of it. But look, Who would have expected NATO to increase defense expenditure to 5% when we celebrated the 75th anniversary of NATO in Washington two years ago? No one would have done that. Who would have expected there to be strong NATO presence in Greenland after complicated discussions? Well, just have to see just one. (11:41–11:53)

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