And now in the next stage, to make sure that this principle of free shipping is maintained. And this is why we have allies, coalitions. This is not only NATO nations. This is Including Japan, Korea, Australia being part of this. Countries like Bahrain and the UAE in the Gulf, part of this. But of course the overwhelming amount of countries is from NATO. There are reports that the president's considering pulling U.S. troops out of specific NATO countries as punishment for those that have not stepped up to support US efforts in Iran. (19:53–20:05)
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