03-14-25 YMS President Trump met with the Secretary General of NATO on Thursday. White House Correspondent JON DECKER has the latest on the future role of the US in the defense organization.

President Trump met with the Secretary General of NATO on Thursday.   White House Correspondent JON DECKER has the latest on the future role of the US in the defense organization. 

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Previously on Your Morning Show with Michael dil Choonho.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
President Trump met with the Secretary General of NATO yesterday.
White House correspondent John Decker has the latest on the
future role of the US along with NATO. John, a
lot of the clips I saw they look very friendly.

Speaker 1 (00:19):
Yeah, that's right. Well. President Trump and the Secretary General
of NATO have known each other for quite some time.
The Secretary General of NATO is the former Dutch Prime Minister,
and they got along very well in the President's first
term in office, and you could tell from the body
language that they get along well once again. Long meetings

(00:41):
at the White House yesterday, not only between the President
and Mark Ruda, but also between the President's team and
the Secretary General's team about the way forward for NATO
and what the responsibilities for other NATO Defense Alliance members
will be during the course of presid in Trump's time

(01:01):
in office, he wants to see those members increase their
commitment to defense spending. Right now, not every NATO member
contributes the amount that the President would like to see
at least two percent of GDP. The US contributes three
point four percent of GDP, and the President has spoken

(01:22):
about getting that number, although after five percent of GDP
during his time in office.

Speaker 2 (01:27):
All Right, so that's a big conversation. That's been really
the better part of eight years with Donald Trump. What
about the heavy lifting, you know, it was very encouraging.
I don't know, call me crazy. I like to avoid
World War I would like to see soldiers stop dying.
But you know, I'm with Ukraine. They need to have
peace and lasting piece. That was a good step yesterday

(01:48):
with Vladimir Putin. But a lot of the heavy lifting
and the really tough stuff. How much of that you
think came up yesterday.

Speaker 1 (01:55):
Well, if you read the statement that Vladimir Putin put out,
I wouldn't be optimist to stick. This guy is no
desire to end that war, you know, agreeing in principle.
His idea of agreeing in principle is, yeah, I want
to have twenty five percent of Ukraine and then I
agree in principle to a ceasefire. That's not going to happen.
It's pie in the sky. This guy has no desire

(02:16):
to end this war. The war's continuing, and it's continuing
because of Russia. So don't buy into agreeing in principle
that BS that he put out there in that statement.
That doesn't mean anything as it relates to what comes next.
As President Trump has said, it takes two to tango,
and what he's referring to is Ukraine has already committed,
they've agreed to the US proposal for a thirty day

(02:38):
seas fire. Russia has not. And Secretary of State Marco Rubio,
he too has said the balls in Russia's court, and
we see how Russia responded to that meeting that he
had yesterday with the President's Special Envoy Steve wish I.
Wish I was as optimistic as you are. It's Your
Morning Show with Michael del Churno.