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Mark Rutte: “NATO is there, of course, to protect the Europeans, but also…”

Featuring: Mark Rutte, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | Secretary General of NATO | International

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Live: As Trump considers NATO withdrawal, Mark Rutte delivers speech in Washington DC

Published | Video Starts at 11:58

Sometimes it takes a couple of days, but then we pull together, and almost all of Europe did. For the US to project power on the world stage through its partners in Europe. And NATO is there, of course, to protect the Europeans, but also to protect the United States. As Jonas stirred, the Norwegian Prime Minister said, these, these huge nuclear submarines from Russia, I'm not there to attack Norway. They are there to attack the United States. (11:58–12:04)

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Asserts that NATO's purpose is to protect both Europe and the United States.

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