I'm not popular with you now because I'm defending Donald Trump, but I really believe he can be happy that he is there because he has forced us in Europe to step up to face the consequences that we have to take care more of our own defense. And here's my question to the audience. I mean, many of you, I know, criticized Donald Trump. But do you really think that without Donald Trump, eight big economies in Europe, including Spain and Italy and Belgium, Canada, by the way, also outside Europe, would have come to 2% in 2025 when they were only on 1.5% at the beginning of the year? No way without Donald Trump, this would never have happened. They're all on 2% now. Do you really think that in the summit in the Hague, as already Alex was saying, sorry, the President of Finland was saying, that we would come to an overall defense spending of 5%, including 3.5% in core defense. If President Trump would not have been reelected as President of the United States, no way it would never have happened. So again, I'm not popular with you now because I'm defending Donald Trump. But I really believe we can be happy that he is there because he has forced us in Europe to step up to face the consequences that we have to take care more of our own defense.
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I'm not popular with you now because I'm defending Donald Trump, but I really believe he can be happy that he is there because he has forced us in Europe to step up to face the consequences that we have to take care more of our own defense. And here's my question to the audience. I mean, many of you, I know, criticized Donald Trump. But do you really think that without Donald Trump, eight big economies in Europe, including Spain and Italy and Belgium, Canada, by the way, also outside Europe, would have come to 2% in 2025 when they were only on 1.5% at the beginning of the year? No way without Donald Trump, this would never have happened. They're all on 2% now. Do you really think that in the summit in the Hague, as already Alex was saying, sorry, the President of Finland was saying, that we would come to an overall defense spending of 5%, including 3.5% in core defense. If President Trump would not have been reelected as President of the United States, no way it would never have happened. So again, I'm not popular with you now because I'm defending Donald Trump. But I really believe we can be happy that he is there because he has forced us in Europe to step up to face the consequences that we have to take care more of our own defense.
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