Donald J. Trump

in NATO and we had all the senior officers represented.

If ever there was a question about what to do, everybody bent over to tie their shoes and I was standing there with loafers.

They were all looking for the Americans to take charge, whether it be the 4th of July picnic or an operation at sea.

And their forces, we had quick reaction forces, naval forces, and with an exercise once every year.

And there were four quarters where you would sign up and the NATO forces would only sign up on the quarters that they didn't deploy forces.

So President Trump has really, I think, wakened up the NATO forces that they, one, they have to pony up, you know, two, they have to deploy and have the infrastructure to go to sea.

You know, when I worked for the president, I used to say, if you go in to see him, one,

There's six things I want to tell you.

One, he's not going to do the same thing and expect a different result, which is, you know, withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Two, he's going to be respectful of taxpayer dollars.

And three, he's not going to put any American in harm's way, whether it be DOD, Department of State or NGOs.

And the other thing, if you go into the seat of the president, he's going to ask you with a project, how much are we paying?

Why is it important to the United States?

How much are we paying?

How much are others paying?

Burden sharing.

And he wants NATO to step up and share the burden.

Admiral, hang on for a second.

I'm going to come back to you.

I want Tej Gill.