WEBVTT 00:04.681 --> 00:07.764 - It was built to divide Europe, to-- 00:09.267 --> 00:12.850 - -by popular movements such as Solidarnosc, 00:13.342 --> 00:16.092 and by the bravery of countless-- 00:16.243 --> 00:19.116 - -and that NATO will always defend the values 00:19.116 --> 00:21.630 on which our alliance is founded. 00:21.630 --> 00:23.964 It's a great honor to welcome you here to Brussels, 00:23.964 --> 00:26.004 to the new NATO Headquarters. 00:26.004 --> 00:27.099 And the floor is yours. 00:27.099 --> 00:27.932 Please. 00:34.185 --> 00:38.102 (speaking in foreign language) 00:59.318 --> 01:01.623 (audience applauds) 01:01.623 --> 01:05.540 - NATO's greatest strength is the enduring bond 01:05.554 --> 01:08.304 between North America and Europe. 01:08.998 --> 01:10.867 We saw the strength of that bond 01:10.867 --> 01:15.034 after the 9/11 attacks against the United States. 01:15.297 --> 01:18.714 And President Trump, those attacks struck 01:19.479 --> 01:23.312 at the heart of your own hometown in New York. 01:24.126 --> 01:26.043 And for the first time, 01:26.094 --> 01:30.261 NATO invoked our collective defense clause, Article Five. 01:33.399 --> 01:35.732 One for all and all for one. 01:37.259 --> 01:41.426 Hundreds of thousands of European and Canadian soldiers 01:41.872 --> 01:44.375 have served shoulder to shoulder 01:44.375 --> 01:48.458 with U.S. troops in Afghanistan for over a decade 01:48.735 --> 01:52.902 to help ensure it never again becomes a safe haven 01:52.931 --> 01:55.348 for international terrorists. 01:55.926 --> 02:00.009 It is our solidarity that keeps our nations safe. 02:01.129 --> 02:05.296 And when our open and free societies come under attack, 02:05.499 --> 02:08.166 we stand up for our values and-- 02:08.236 --> 02:11.569 - -for Europe and good for North America. 02:13.706 --> 02:17.456 The 9/11 and Article Five Memorial 02:17.522 --> 02:21.105 will be a daily reminder of our vital bond. 02:21.642 --> 02:24.877 So, Mr. President, it is a great honor to have you here 02:24.877 --> 02:26.935 and a great honor to give you the floor. 02:26.935 --> 02:27.768 Please. 02:27.768 --> 02:28.768 - Thank you. 02:29.244 --> 02:32.472 That we now observe a moment of silence 02:32.472 --> 02:34.010 for the victims and families. 02:34.010 --> 02:36.427 Both remembrance and resolve. 02:37.765 --> 02:41.932 We remember and mourn those nearly 3,000 innocent people 02:43.342 --> 02:45.290 who were brutally murdered by terrorists 02:45.290 --> 02:47.290 on September 11th, 2001. 02:49.707 --> 02:53.521 Our NATO allies responded swiftly and decisively, 02:53.521 --> 02:55.619 invoking for the first time in its history 02:55.619 --> 02:58.619 the Article Five Collective Defense. 02:59.135 --> 03:02.145 Wherever they exist in our societies, 03:02.145 --> 03:03.879 we must drive them out 03:03.879 --> 03:06.629 and never, ever let them back in. 03:08.365 --> 03:09.198 This call for-- 03:09.198 --> 03:13.365 - -leaders across the region, hosted by Saudi Arabia. 03:14.303 --> 03:17.720 There I spent much time with King Salman, 03:18.325 --> 03:22.492 a wise man who wants to see things get much better rapidly. 03:25.955 --> 03:26.788 The-- 03:26.788 --> 03:30.955 - -that leads to this horrible terrorism all over the globe. 03:34.163 --> 03:37.346 My travels and meetings have given me renewed hope 03:37.346 --> 03:41.513 that nations of many faiths can unite to defeat terrorism, 03:42.608 --> 03:45.525 a common threat to all of humanity. 03:46.773 --> 03:50.106 Terrorism must be stopped in its tracks, 03:50.381 --> 03:54.548 or the horror you saw in Manchester and so many other places 03:56.295 --> 03:58.128 will continue forever. 03:58.158 --> 03:58.991 - -tough. 03:58.991 --> 04:00.224 We must be strong. 04:00.224 --> 04:02.224 And we must be vigilant. 04:03.945 --> 04:08.028 The NATO of the future must include a great focus 04:09.238 --> 04:11.571 on terrorism and immigration 04:12.296 --> 04:14.796 as well as threats from Russia 04:15.494 --> 04:19.077 and on NATO's eastern and southern borders. 04:20.937 --> 04:23.717 These grave security concerns are the same reason 04:23.717 --> 04:26.550 that I have been very, very direct 04:28.167 --> 04:30.417 with Secretary Stoltenberg. 04:30.724 --> 04:34.224 The 28 member nations are still not paying 04:34.417 --> 04:38.584 what they should be paying and what they are supposed to be. 04:39.127 --> 04:40.795 And many of these nations 04:40.795 --> 04:44.191 owe massive amounts of money from past years 04:44.191 --> 04:47.108 and not paying in those past years. 04:47.839 --> 04:48.672 Over the last eight-- 04:48.672 --> 04:52.839 - -had another $119 billion for our collective defense 04:55.146 --> 04:57.313 and for the financing of-- 04:57.410 --> 04:59.993 - -payments and growing threats, 05:00.427 --> 05:04.594 even 2% of GDP is insufficient to close the gaps 05:05.834 --> 05:09.834 in modernizing readiness and the size of forces. 05:12.991 --> 05:16.574 We have to make up for the many years lost. 05:17.180 --> 05:19.847 Two percent is the bare minimum. 05:20.537 --> 05:21.954 If NATO countries 05:21.980 --> 05:25.007 made their full and complete contributions, 05:25.007 --> 05:29.000 then NATO would be even stronger than it is today, 05:29.000 --> 05:32.333 especially from the threat of terrorism. 05:33.775 --> 05:35.752 I want to extend my appreciation 05:35.752 --> 05:39.098 to the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York 05:39.098 --> 05:43.181 for contributing this remnant of the North Tower, 05:44.170 --> 05:48.337 as well as to Chancellor Merkel and the German people. 05:49.567 --> 05:51.400 And I never asked once 05:52.958 --> 05:55.958 what the new NATO headquarters cost. 05:57.175 --> 05:58.752 I refuse to do that. 05:58.752 --> 06:01.585 - -totalitarian, communist ideology 06:01.760 --> 06:05.803 bent on the oppression of millions and millions of people. 06:05.803 --> 06:09.970 On the other, a painful reminder of the barbaric evil 06:10.398 --> 06:12.898 that still exists in the world 06:13.067 --> 06:16.817 and that we must confront and defeat together 06:17.926 --> 06:19.843 as a group, as a world. 06:21.129 --> 06:23.184 This twisted mass of metal reminds us 06:23.184 --> 06:25.684 not only of what we have lost, 06:26.145 --> 06:28.645 but also what forever endures. 06:29.899 --> 06:34.066 And to achieve lasting security, prosperity, and peace. 06:34.101 --> 06:35.780 (audience applauds)