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Pete Hegseth: “President Trump has expressed a strong relationship with Xi…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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LIVE Pete Hegseth holds press conference after meeting with NATO defense ministers

Published | Video Starts at 28:57

What role will you be experimenting Japan and IP4 countries to play in this context? Sure. I mean, first of all, I would point out that President Trump has expressed a strong relationship with Xi Jinping. We don't have an inevitable desire to clash with China. There's a recognition that there are divergent interests which lead to a need for strength on the American side to ensure our interests are advanced and that ultimately any aggression is deterred. (28:57–29:02)

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Asserts that President Trump has a strong relationship with China's President Xi Jinping.

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