NATO Ally Rejects Trump's "Tweets": Europe Demands a Coordinated US Military Withdrawal

Added: 2026-05-22

[00:00:05]I can see you. Good morning.

[00:00:31]No, it's Yeah.

[00:00:54]question in English. How difficult is it for NATO making it the United States?

[00:01:03]>> I don't think it's difficult. Uh we need to have a good conversation about that.

[00:01:06]It needs to be structured. It needs to be coordinated. But we fully understand the concerns of the US when it comes to the investments we did in the past for our own security. That is changing and that's part of the conversation we will have today.

[00:01:18]>> But is it structurally coordinated now?

[00:01:21]>> It's it's going to be that's part of the conversations. No, but it's it's going to be because that is what we need to decide on what is the plan for the for the coming months for the coming years.

[00:01:30]Uh and I think that's part of the of the conversations we're going to have.

[00:01:33]Sounds like >> I'm I'm not reacting my response or basing my response on on on on tweets or or whatever. For us, what is important to have a good dialogue to have a good conversation what we're going to have today what we uh had yesterday as well and that we continuously uh have also behind the scenes. So for us the main aim is to have a coordinated approach and a coordinated plan for the burden shift. Uh and I think we're able to do that together.

[00:02:14]>> Sorry.

[00:02:20]>> No, I think we're we're working on it very constructively. Uh but that's also part of the conversations we have today.

[00:02:25]Today is an important moment. Uh and we're aiming to have a coordinate burden shift.

[00:02:33]after don't >> Well, I'm I'm I'm I'm certain that we will address the concerns by the US like we will address the concerns of any NATO member when we have these kind of meetings. For us, the aim is to have a coordinated burden shift, a coordinated approach, a plan, and that's what we're working on.

[00:03:34]Well, currently the Netherlands is involved in the big international coalition. I think we should have a coordinated approach, but we stand ready uh to uh uh to to take our share to take our responsibility for the freedom of navigation once the situation arrives because the freedom of navigation for the Netherlands is unnegotiable. what you >> uh well I I I cannot say a lot about the the the specifics of the military planning. It also depends on the context and also of what others can uh can do.

[00:04:03]It needs to be coordinated but uh we're a seafaring nation. Uh we have our knowledge, we have our expertise and we're ready to contribute.

[00:04:11]I think it's always important that we do things in a coordinated ro coordinated uh way and a coordinated approach and obviously NATO members are part of it and I think we need the expertise of NATO there as well.

[00:04:22]>> Thank you very much. Thank you. Oh,