Marco Rubio

We want to be your partner.

I see it reported yesterday in some places, oh, the Europeans are very upset.

They're going to be less dependent on America now.

We don't want Europe to be dependent.

We're not asking Europe to be a vassal of the United States.

We want to be your partner.

We want to work with Europe.

We want to work with our allies.

We want to work in cooperation with you.

And our point has been and continues to be the stronger you are, both on an individual basis in terms of countries and collectively as an alliance, the stronger the members of NATO are, the stronger NATO is.

People, you know, they go crazy.

They think, oh, that means you're going to abandon NATO.

You're going to abandon your allies.

I think the point we're making is that the stronger our allies are, the stronger we are collectively.

There is no more important obligation of any government than the ability to protect your own people and your own nation.

I see it reported yesterday in some places, oh, the Europeans are very upset.

They're going to be less dependent on America now.

We don't want Europe to be dependent.

We're not asking Europe to be a vassal of the United States.

We want to be your partner.