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>> for me, the important thing is that he has been very consistent when it comes to nato in all my interactions and conversations with him. i phoned him just after he was elected. then he expressed strong support to nato. i also talked to him earlier and now met him yesterday in the white house and it has been a very consistent message from him, but also from his security team. secretary tillerson, mattis, mcmaster. the national security adviser. and they have all expressed strong support of nato. at the same time they have underlined the importance of nato increasing its efforts to fight inte...

The strong focus of president trump on this issue has been helpful, but, of course, these are decisions taken in 28 parliaments, governments, so there are different reasons. but the main reason for me to be welcoming this development is nato allies are now making good on the pledge they made in 2014. >> so you're happy that president trump has been talking about it, but do you credit him with being the catalyst for this? >> he has helped by having such a strong focus on the importance of burden sharing and defense spending. at the same time this has been something many nato leaders have been a...

Redouble their efforts to meet the pledge we all made in 2014 to invest more in our alliance. it is about spending more on defense. it is about delivering the capabilities we need and it is about contributing forces to nato missions and operations. this means cash, capabilities and contributioned. fair burden-sharing has been my top priority since taking office. we have now turned a corner. in 2016 for the first time in many years we saw an increase in defense spending across european allies and canada. a real increase of 3.8% or $10 billion more for our defense. we are now working to keep up ...

Does it, but when you get into the gases, especially that form, it's vicious and violent, and everybody in this room saw it all too much times over the last three our-for-days, young children dying, babies dying, fathers holding children in their arms that were dead, dead children. there can't be a worse sight, and it shouldn't be allowed. that's a butcher. that's a butcher. so i felt we had to do something about it. i have absolutely no doubt we did the right thing, and it was very, very successfully done, as you well know. thank you. >> on defense spending and burden-sharing, that has been m...

Alliance. it is about spending more on the fence. it is about delivering the capabilities we need and it is about contribution forces to nato missions and operations. this means cash, capabilities and contributions. fair burden sharing has been my top priority since taking office. we have now turned a corner. in 2016 for the first time in many years, we saw an increase in defense spending across european allies and canada. a real increase of 3.8% or $10 billion more for our defense. we are now working to keep up the momentum, including by developing national plans outlining how to make good on