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Mark Rutte: “These huge nuclear submarines from Russia are not there to…”

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 12:04

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 are not there to attack Norway. They are there to attack the United States. And it is thanks to the alliance that we are able to make sure that they are not able to get in a position to do that. (12:04–12:15)

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Asserts that Russian nuclear submarines are intended to attack the United States, not Norway.

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