Nato countries includes sweden as parts of a measure to show the military blocks resolve against russian president Vladimir Putin and other regional threats. Clair is with us. A huge number, 20,000 for quite a small military. Its about 15 or so of the combined full time professional army, Navy And Air force. Its pretty big. Nato said it would encompass some 40,000 troops. The uk is planning to send half of that. It is big, the exercise is big, nato has called it the biggest collective Defense Deployment since the end of the cold war. Obviously the point is that the war in ukraine is ongoing and the warnings have been stepping up that if ukraine cannot fend off putin that putin might go further. They say this will provide vital reassurance against the putin menace. Look, the uk is facing multiple challenges to its military on
nato countries includes sweden as parts of a measure to show the military block s resolve against russian president vladimir putin and other regional threats. clair is with us. a huge number, 20,000 for quite a small military. it s about 15% or so of the combined full time professional army, navy and air force. it s pretty big. nato said it would encompass some 40,000 troops. the uk is planning to send half of that. it is big, the exercise is big, nato has called it the biggest collective defense deployment since the end of the cold war. obviously the point is that the war in ukraine is ongoing and the warnings have been stepping up that if ukraine cannot fend off putin that putin might go further. they say this will provide vital reassurance against the putin menace. look, the uk is facing multiple challenges to its military on
member go out there and be aggressive. i think it s the job of the secretary of state to make that clear, and i think there s no question everybody understands the russian menace. everybody understands the putin menace. what donald trump is trying to do with putin is trying to have a good relationship with him. democratic presidents in the past have said they want a good relationships with the russians and usually it s the republicans accused of being war mongers. in this case you have a russian president trying to be measured with china and russia. i don t think it s a bad thing for our president to try to not go to a war of words on every instance. there s not going to a war of words and there s actually going on with the facts given to us as our most important ally. we heard from sarah sanders saying we don t have the details. our most important ally says, yes, we do, it s russia. this is what countries do, what al allys do, they share information. i think vladimir putin has d