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That's not directly related to the nato operation. as we speak, secretary-general, russia is sending thousands of troops to the borders with several baltic nations. estonia, latvia, lithuania, all nato member countries. russia's planned military exercises next month. do you see this as a military buildup? are you concerned about what's going on along these borders? >> we don't see any imminent trouble against any nato ally, including against any of the baltic states, but we have seen exercises as part of what we've seen over several years with a significant russian military buildup and only re...

That john mclauchlin mentioned, his annexation of crimea, the division of eastern ukraine by the eastern forces, threat to the baltic allies. the europeans don't always agree with us, but they want the united states to defend them, to be with them, and they didn't get that. and it's a sad day. when most people on both sides think of angela merkel, i think would have lost credibility and this trip, this was a very rocky and i think poor day for the united states at nato and at the e.u. >> what do you think putin is saying today, john? >> well, i think putin is as he has been for some weeks now,...

Assure you having been in latvia, are very nervous about what russia is up to. i think they were looking for an affirmation that, a, the president understands all of this, and, b, is supportive along the lines i just mentioned. nato is in the midst of its largest forward deployment since the end of the cold war with separate battalions in the three baltic countries and in poland. more than 20 nato countries have been involved with us in afghanistan. so, i'm sure they were hoping to hear his views on those issues. >> ambassador, do you believe president trump reassured theresa may or other euro...

The alliance, and we are now deploying four battle groups to the three baltic countries and poland, and there's also been more u.s. forces in that part of europe, and this is the first time in many, many years that we see an increase in the military presence of the united states in europe. so we are increasing our presence, and we're also increasing the readiness and the preparedness of our norses so that we can quickly reinforce, if needed. we consider the presence that we'll have in when the four battle groups are in place as sufficient given the current security situation in europe, but, of...

Alliance and we're now deploying four battle groups to the three baltic countries and poland and also been more u.s. forces in that part of europe and this is the first time in many, many years that we see an increase in the military presence of the united states in europe. so we are inkprecreasing our presence and we're also increasing the readiness and the prepa preparedness of forces to quickly reinforce if needed. we consider the presence we will have when the four battle groups are in place as sufficient given the current security situation in europe. but of course, we will assess the sit...