If it was just built on commerce and military, then this is very transactional and it's only going to be an alliance as long as it's mutually beneficial in that regard. The point of my argument yesterday was that our The transatlantic alliance is built on something even more important and more enduring [than commerce and military]. And that is the ties we have as people, cultural ties, historical ties, religion ties, you know, direct descendants, in many cases our language, et cetera, shared experience. (32:42–32:52)
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