that we discussed. once again, the discussion that we had illustrates the excellence cooperation between our countries, the strong bond that we have in our trans atlantic partnership and the fact that both countries can rely on each other. thanks very much. we ll now take a couple questions each. reuters. andrea. you have the first question. thank you, mr. president. thank you, chancellor scholz. mr. president, i wanted to ask you about this nord stream project that you ve long opposed. you didn t mention it just now by name, nor did chancellor scholz. did you receive assurances from chancellor scholz that germany will pull the plug on this project if russia invades ukraine and did you discuss what the definition of invasion could be?
who is stepping up to the microphone now. mr. president, your presence here in brussels this week at the nato summit, at the g-7 and our european council sends a very powerful message to the world, the trans-atlantic partnership stands stronger and more united than ever. and we are determined to stand up against russia s brutal war. this war will be a strategic failure for putin. our preparation under four successive waves of sanctions on russia have been extraordinary and exceptional. the sanctions are merging their way deep into the russian system, draining putin s resources to finance this atrocious war. our work on sanctions also shows that when we act together, we re stronger and we really can make
so at that particular point, you can say the chinese will be very happy with this, the russians are very happy with this, but all our allies in the region, number one, they were disappointed, dismayed that he pulled out of the trans-atlantic partnership, disengagement. now will he pull our troops out at some point sooner than later? that, i think, says you re on your own. you can t count on the united states. we already said that to nato, picking on them, saying you re not paying enough, you won t get our support in thecampaign. he s following on disengaging. he s swinging childlike on a wrecking ball to all of the institutions that have preserved peace and stability for the past 70 years. and did he tell the south koreans there are reports that he did not tell them in advance that he was going to stop these
people bitterly divided. some went too far, some not far enough and his first legislation was yanked without a vote. as far as his pledge to have a border wall and have mexico pay for it, there is no concrete progress on that, either. true, the president has signed more legislation than any previous five presidents in the same period, much of it erasing obama-era regulations, but none of it produced the broad impact typical of native laws. for that he has turned to executive actions, signing more than any other president in the first 100 days since harry truman, quickly wiping out the trade deal known as the trans-atlantic partnership. we just officially put out tpp. reporter: but several have
manifested in brexit, and we respect the judgment of the peoples of europe in the european union. as i said today to many leaders, we look forward to working across the channel with all parties in the years ahead on behalf of peace and prosperity. i have heard exactly the same firm message from the president of the united states in two phone calls, from the vice president in meetings today in munich, and from secretary mattis and secretary kelly, they all conveyed the same message, that the united states is firmly committed to the trans-atlantic partnership, and have an unwavering support for the nato alliance. and i welcome the very clear statements from all leaders in the new administration, but also