"The secretary general and I agree that other member nations must satisfy their responsibility to contribute 2 percent of GDP to defense. if other countries pay their fair share instead of relying on the United States to make up the difference, we will all be much more secure and our partnership will be made that much stronger".
Speaking of the recent missile strike against the Sha'irat airbase in the Homs province of Syria ordered by Trump, the official said that North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies responded to the move with "understanding".
Referencing fears that may arise across Europe due to US-Russia relations, the US president said he hopes that Europeans will "have to fear nothing ... that would be the ideal situation". "We'll see. We'll see the end result, which will be in a long period of time perhaps, but the end result is what's most important, not just talk, and I think that based on everything I'm hearing, things went pretty well".
"Right now we're not getting along with Russian Federation at all".
As a candidate Trump said the 28-member organization had outlived its usefulness.
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The rest of the trailer is a series of clips and scenes from interviews and existing footage documenting Sachin Tendulkar's life. The movie stars Sachin Tendulkar, his son Arjun Tendulkar and Mayuresh Pem who is playing the role of Nitin Tendulkar.
"I said it was obsolete; it's no longer obsolete", he added.
White House National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster (C) and Chief Strategist Steve Bannon (L) attend a joint news conference between U.S. President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 12, 2017.
Trump suggested Wednesday that NATO's willingness to combat terrorism changed his views, saying it is no longer obsolete.
"NATO allies defeated communism and liberated the captive nations of the Cold War", the president continued. "Otherwise, we're just going to go it alone". He said he thinks the Chinese leader wants to help the U.S.in diffusing North Korea's nuclear program. Separately, the president gave an interview to The Wall Street Journal today in which he said the United States will not be labeling China a currency manipulator, backtracking on something he had often promised during the presidential campaign. "Now we are stepping up our efforts to fight global terrorism", Stoltenberg said.
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