Charlotte Gallagher

Remember, they changed the title of Secretary of Defense to Secretary of War.

You can read into that what you like.

He is famously and very vocally opposed to America spending any more money on the defense of Ukraine.

He considers it Europe's problem and that this is money down the drain, essentially.

Instead, he wants America to concentrate on interests closer to home,

but also the Indo-Pacific, guaranteeing freedom of navigation of the South China Sea, supporting America's allies in East Asia.

He's not that interested at all in Ukraine.

And it's quite significant that he is a major member of the U.S.

delegation that's coming here.

And obviously something that we've talked to you about a lot recently is Greenland.

What's happening with that?

And will there be discussions about that in Munich?

Yes, there will.

And I'm glad you mentioned that because that I think is the biggest shocker in the last 12 months.

This is Donald Trump saying, we want Greenland, we need it, we have to have it for America's own security.

And Europe has said, well, no, you don't.

It's semi-autonomous, self-governing part of the Kingdom of Denmark, a fellow NATO ally.

Europe has had to kind of rush to shore up to show a bit more interest in defence of the high north.

Frank Gardner in Munich.

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