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Complicated. you need a lot of money. because nato is the strongest alliance the earth ever saw. we want to keep it that way. so we have to spend money for defense purposes. spending money means if you're in an alliance, everybody has to spend money. this is called burden sharing. and i fully agree, mr. president, to that. so of course some people like this better. some didn't like it so much. but it's a simple fact that we have to do this. not as a purpose in itself. we have to do there to stay strong, to be strong and to defend our nations. >> 100% correct. you know, one of the things i was ...

Alliance and military spendings are complicated and you need a lot of money. because nato is the strongest alliance the earth ever saw, and we want to keep it that way. so we have to spend money for defense purposes. and spending money means if you're in alliance, everybody has to spend money, this is called burden sharing. and i fully agree, mr. president, to that. so of course, some people liked this better, and some didn't like it so much. but it's a simple fact that we have to do this, not as a purpose in itself, we have to do this to stay strong, to be strong, and to defend our nations. >...

Spendings are complicated and you need a lot of money, because nato is the strongest alliance the earth ever saw and we want to keep it that way. so we have to spend money for defense purposes and spending money means if you're in alliance, everybody has to spend money. this is called burden sharing. and i fully agree, mr. president, to that. so, of course, some people liked this better and some didn't like it so much, but it's a simple fact that we have to do this, not as a purpose in itself. we have to stay strong, to be strong and to defend our nations. >> 100% correct. you know, one of the...

United states on the subject of nato? >> he said that burden sharing is important underlying principle for nato, and it is true, he said, that europe needs to do its part. now romania is rapidly increasing its own deef spending, getting close to that 2% gdp mark that the president's been harping on. but burden sharing is a two-way street, it's not only that europe needs to spend as much on defense, it's also that the united states needs to be committ committed to europe, just as europe was committed to the united states after 9/11. we need burden sharing, but it's also important for the united

Part in the operations to liberate isil. nato is playing an important role in the fight against terrorism, but i agree with president trump that nato can do much more and we are now decided to join the coalition and we'll sit down with all the members of the coalition. >> in other ways you have been at least on public record stating you were in agreement with president trump was on the issue of defense spending and terror. he was critical of nato for not putting up enough of its focus on the fight against terror. so is this a shift in the president's direction? >> i agree with president trump ...