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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 01:44

Hard power provided not only by the United States, but through the collective effort of countries who are part of the most successful military alliance ever built. The president drove allies toward a historic decision at NATO summit in the Hague last summer to invest 5% of GDP into defence. And this will help to ensure that the NATO of the future is not an alliance in which allies are unhealthily dependent on the United States and in which the … (01:44–01:54)

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Asserts that a decision was made at a NATO summit to invest 5% of GDP into defense.

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