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Marco Rubio: “We don't want Europe to be dependent on [the United States].”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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Sec. Of State Marco Rubio Holds Press Conference With Slovak PM Robert Fico

Published | Video Starts at 19:21

We view that as a positive. I see it reported yesterday in some places. Oh, the Europeans are very upset. They're going to be less dependent on America now. We don't want Europe to be dependent on [the United States]. We're not asking Europe to be a vassal of the United States. We want to be your partners. We want to work with Europe. We want to work with our allies. (19:21–19:24)

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Asserts that the U.S. does not seek European dependency on the U.S.

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