Stephen K. Bannon

It has been relayed to him privately that that is what's taking place and these reports publicly are false.

Sure.

I think I just laid out a significant portion of that in my opening remarks.

Six weeks ago, the president looked the American people in the eye directly, and he told them that he launched this operation to take out the imminent threat that was posed by Iran.

And that threat has now been greatly destroyed.

Their Navy, their missiles, their defense industrial base,

and their desire and their plan to build a nuclear bomb inside their country is no longer going to be allowed, can no longer happen, thanks to the remarkable success of Operation Epic Fury over the course of the last 38 days.

That has been absolutely achieved.

NATO, can you tell me, is the United States still considering withdrawing from NATO?

Is that still a possibility?

It's something the president has discussed, and I think it's something the president will be discussing in a couple of hours with Secretary General Ruta.

And perhaps you'll hear directly from the president following that meeting later this afternoon.

Thank you, everyone.

a joint statement put out this morning by some of America's European allies, our NATO allies.

And in that joint statement, they said regarding the Strait of Hormuz, our governments will contribute to ensuring freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.

What's the administration's reaction to that joint statement?

Does that smooth things over when the president meets with NATO Secretary General a little bit later this afternoon?

I have a direct quote from the President of the United States on NATO, and I will share it with all of you.

They were tested and they failed.

And I would add it's quite sad that NATO turned their backs on the American people over the course of the last six weeks when it's the American people who have been defunding their defense.