disgrace. this was one of the wealthiest countries in the world and all of a sudden, it is grief stricken, poverty stricken, no food, no water, no air conditioning, no anything, no power for a long time last week, now power. that is going to break down again because it is being held together by threads. it is very sad, roberta, very sad to see. may i ask president bolsonaro. president bolsonaro, are you open to the idea allowing u.s. military personnel in brazil to provide support on the border with venezuela and is that something you talked about with president trump today? pres. bolsonaro: yeah, we have discussed the possibility of brazil becoming a great allied extra nato.
we ll take a couple of questions. roberta rampton, please. roberta. reuters. thank you. thank you very much mr. president. on venezuela, you did the tough sanctions and you sent the aid but it seems like maduro is no closer to leaving and i m wondering if you re getting worried about losing momentum and how long are you being told that this is going to take? i m not being told any specific time. they ve been there a long time between him and his predecessor. at some point, i would imagine things will change, but we really haven t done the really tough sanctions yet. we can do the tough sanctions and all options are open so we may be doing that but we haven t done the toughest of sanctions as you know. we ve done, i would say, right down the middle but we can go a lot tougher if we need to do that, but it s a very sad thing. we re not looking for anything other than taking care of a lot of people that are starving and dying in the streets.
regulations. i believe so strongly in the environment. i want the cleanest air, the cleanest water, the cleanest everything, the best everything, but you had ten regulations for every point in some cases. it was ridiculous. it would take many years to get a highway or a road approved. we have that way down. we have it down to two years. it will hopefully be down to one. it may get rejected, but at least it s going to go quickly. so we want regulation, but it s got to be cut to a minimum and do the trick. and i think that italy will follow suit. i know they have looked at it very strongly and they are going to follow suit. thank you. thank you very much. roberta rampton of reuters, please. hello. reporter: thank you, mr. president. you spoke a bit about iran today and your discussions and i m wondering if you could tell us as you think iran needs to do to reduce some of the tensions. and you have met with the
against that background, even though it is a very dire one, i m pleased to be with barack obama to send across that message to the entire world. thank you. we have time for a few questions. i m going to start with roberta rampton of reuters. reporter: this is a question for both of you first. what is your reaction to turkey s shooting down a russian plane today? and does this draw nato into a confrontation with russia? how do you keep this from spiraling out of control? president obama, what does this incident mean for future prospects of military coordination, more military coordination with russia? and president hollande, ahead of your trip to moscow on thursday, what are the prospects for closer military coordination with russia given what happened today? well, first of all, we are
to prepare for the future. against that background, even though it is a very dire one, i am very pleased to be with barack obama to send across that message to the entire world. thank you. we have time for a few questions and i will start with roberta rampton of reuters. thank you. this is a question for both of you. first, what is your reaction to turkey shooting down a russian plane today, and does this draw nato into confrontation with russia and how do you keep it from spiraling out of control and president obama, what does this incident mean for the future prospects of the military coordination, and more military coordination for russia and president hollande for your visit to moscow thursday, what are the further coordination with russia given what happened