Marco Rubio

wants to revitalize an old friendship because, quote, the fate of Europe will never be irrelevant to our own.

He struck a firm tone about the administration's intent to reshape the alliance and push its priorities from tackling mass migration to strengthening our economies and military power.

Rubio said he wants a strong Europe.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Europe must be ready to fight and stand on its own two feet when it comes to defense commitments, even announcing that the U.K.

will deploy its carrier strike group to the Arctic to bolster security against Russian threats.

has with Europe when it comes to China.

We should never be in a situation where our alliance and our respective countries are vulnerable to extortion or blackmail because someone controls 9% of something that's critical to national life.

So I think we do have a vested interest in that regard.

Today is different than yesterday, but it has parallels, not in that China's the new Soviet Union, but that

Our own fate will be intertwined with what happens with Europe.

We want Europe to survive.

We want Europe to prosper because we're interconnected in so many different ways and because our alliance is so critical.

But it has to be an alliance of allies that are capable and willing to fight for who they are and what's important.

Diplomatic relations between the U.S.

and Venezuela were only recently reestablished after U.S.

military forces captured former leader Nicolás Maduro on January 3rd.

Trump traveled to the Fort Bragg military base in North Carolina to meet with special forces involved in the operation.

He told troops, quote, the entire world saw what the full military might of the U.S.

can do and ensured, quote, we are feared by potential enemies around the world.

As he has repeatedly done in recent weeks, Trump said interim President Delce Rodriguez, who was left in place to run the country, is doing a fine, fine job.