WEBVTT 00:00.240 --> 00:02.760 today marks one month since Russia 00:03.340 --> 00:05.650 began its carnage in Ukraine , the 00:05.660 --> 00:08.960 brutal invasion of Ukraine . And we 00:08.960 --> 00:11.127 held a NATO summit the very next day . 00:11.940 --> 00:13.662 At that time . My overwhelming 00:13.662 --> 00:17.310 objective wanting that summit was to 00:17.310 --> 00:20.490 have absolute unity on three key 00:20.500 --> 00:23.020 important issues among our NATO and 00:23.020 --> 00:26.260 european allies . First was to 00:26.260 --> 00:29.680 support Ukraine with military and 00:29.680 --> 00:32.160 humanitarian assistance . The second 00:32.160 --> 00:35.270 was to impose the most significant , 00:35.380 --> 00:37.850 the most significant sanctions economic 00:37.850 --> 00:40.090 sanctions regime ever in order to 00:40.090 --> 00:42.710 cripple Putin's economy and punish him 00:42.710 --> 00:45.850 for his actions . Third was to fortify 00:45.850 --> 00:47.980 the eastern flank of our NATO allies 00:47.980 --> 00:49.960 who were obviously very , very 00:49.960 --> 00:53.850 concerned and somewhat at worried 00:53.850 --> 00:56.560 what would happen . We accomplished all 00:56.560 --> 00:58.480 three of these and today we're 00:58.480 --> 01:00.890 determined to sustain those efforts and 01:00.890 --> 01:03.310 to build on them . The United States is 01:03.310 --> 01:05.680 committed to provide over $2 billion 01:05.680 --> 01:07.710 dollars in military equipment to 01:07.710 --> 01:10.340 Ukraine since I became president . Anti 01:10.340 --> 01:13.060 air systems , anti armor systems , 01:13.060 --> 01:15.840 ammunition and our weapons are flowing 01:15.840 --> 01:19.650 into Ukraine as I speak . And today I'm 01:19.650 --> 01:21.428 announcing the United States is 01:21.428 --> 01:23.670 prepared to commit More than $1 billion 01:23.670 --> 01:26.530 dollars in humanitarian assistance to 01:26.540 --> 01:28.280 help get relief to millions of 01:28.280 --> 01:30.830 Ukrainians affected by the war in 01:30.830 --> 01:34.190 Ukraine , many Ukrainian refugees will 01:34.490 --> 01:36.810 wish to stay in europe closer to their 01:36.810 --> 01:39.450 homes . But we've also will welcome 01:39.450 --> 01:42.500 100,000 Ukrainians . United States with 01:42.500 --> 01:45.460 a focus on reuniting families 01:46.410 --> 01:50.260 And we will invest $320 million Bolster 01:50.260 --> 01:52.930 Democratic resilience and defend human 01:52.930 --> 01:54.819 rights in Ukraine and neighboring 01:54.819 --> 01:57.260 countries . We're also coordinating 01:57.640 --> 02:00.080 With the G seven and the European Union 02:00.090 --> 02:02.810 on Food Security as well as energy 02:02.810 --> 02:05.210 security . I'll have more to say about 02:05.210 --> 02:07.660 that tomorrow , We're also announcing 02:07.660 --> 02:10.550 new sanctions of more than 400 02:10.560 --> 02:13.800 individuals and entities aligned with 02:13.800 --> 02:15.967 an alignment with the European Union , 02:16.240 --> 02:18.360 More than 300 members of the Duma 02:18.740 --> 02:21.180 oligarchs and Russian defense companies 02:21.400 --> 02:24.050 that fuel the Russian war machine . In 02:24.050 --> 02:27.090 addition to the 100,000 US forces now 02:27.090 --> 02:29.220 stationed in Europe to defend NATO 02:29.220 --> 02:31.880 territory . NATO established as you 02:31.880 --> 02:34.360 already know four new battle groups in 02:34.360 --> 02:37.290 Romania , Hungary , Bulgaria and 02:37.290 --> 02:40.660 Slovakia to reinforce the eastern front . 02:41.440 --> 02:44.390 Putin was banking on NATO being split . 02:44.500 --> 02:46.389 My early conversation with him in 02:46.389 --> 02:48.389 december and early january , it was 02:48.389 --> 02:50.444 clear to me he didn't think we could 02:50.444 --> 02:54.390 sustain this cohesion . NATO has never 02:54.400 --> 02:57.260 never been more united than it is today . 02:57.950 --> 03:00.550 Putin is getting exactly the opposite . 03:00.550 --> 03:02.620 What he intended to have as a 03:02.620 --> 03:05.390 consequence of going into Ukraine , we 03:05.390 --> 03:07.810 built that same unity with our european 03:07.810 --> 03:10.110 the european union and with the leading 03:10.110 --> 03:12.660 democracies of the G seven in the G 03:12.660 --> 03:14.882 seven . So I want to thank you and I'll 03:14.882 --> 03:16.882 be now happy to take your questions 03:16.890 --> 03:19.168 since there's so many people out there , 03:19.168 --> 03:21.334 I'm gonna have been given a list . How 03:21.334 --> 03:23.390 about chris and the associated Press 03:23.390 --> 03:26.400 first question . Right , so you've 03:26.400 --> 03:28.230 warned about the real threat of 03:28.230 --> 03:30.400 chemical weapons being used . Have you 03:30.400 --> 03:32.620 gathered specific intelligence that 03:32.620 --> 03:34.453 suggests that President Putin is 03:34.580 --> 03:36.691 deploying these weapons moving in the 03:36.691 --> 03:38.858 position are considering their use and 03:38.858 --> 03:41.110 with the U . S . Or NATO respond with 03:41.110 --> 03:43.060 military action . If he did use 03:43.060 --> 03:45.227 chemical weapons you know in the first 03:45.227 --> 03:47.449 question I can't answer . I'm not going 03:47.449 --> 03:49.504 to give you intelligence data number 03:49.504 --> 03:51.730 one . Number two we would respond we 03:51.730 --> 03:53.670 would respond if he uses it . The 03:53.670 --> 03:55.837 nature of the response would depend on 03:55.837 --> 03:57.059 the nature of the use 03:59.440 --> 04:01.050 josh of Bloomberg . 04:05.940 --> 04:09.770 Absolutely find your voice . I 04:09.770 --> 04:11.714 didn't collect a lot earlier . I'm 04:11.714 --> 04:13.937 gonna try . It's got a long arm . Thank 04:13.937 --> 04:15.881 you . Can you talk to us about two 04:15.881 --> 04:17.437 things sir ? One since your 04:17.437 --> 04:19.770 conversation with President Xi of china , 04:19.770 --> 04:21.992 have you seen any indications of action 04:21.992 --> 04:24.103 or lack of action from china that has 04:24.103 --> 04:26.159 led you to believe whether they will 04:26.159 --> 04:28.270 intervene and help in Russia . Either 04:28.270 --> 04:30.390 with the sale of arms or or the 04:30.390 --> 04:32.501 provision of supplies to support this 04:32.501 --> 04:35.050 war in Ukraine . And secondly can you 04:35.050 --> 04:37.300 say whether this the conversation today 04:37.300 --> 04:39.411 turn to the subject of food shortages 04:39.411 --> 04:41.633 and what the U . S . Will do to address 04:41.633 --> 04:43.578 wheat shortages in particular as a 04:43.578 --> 04:45.689 result of this war ? Thank you On the 04:45.689 --> 04:48.220 first question relating to President Xi 04:48.220 --> 04:51.370 Jinping of china I had a very 04:51.370 --> 04:54.170 straightforward conversation with she 04:54.180 --> 04:57.520 uh now I guess it's six days ago , 04:57.530 --> 05:00.660 seven days ago in that range . And uh 05:01.140 --> 05:03.700 I made it clear to him I made no 05:03.700 --> 05:06.420 threats but I made it clear to him that 05:06.430 --> 05:08.041 makes sure he understood the 05:08.041 --> 05:10.640 consequences of him helping Russia as 05:10.640 --> 05:13.220 had been reported . And as as what it 05:13.230 --> 05:17.220 was expected . And I made no threats . 05:17.220 --> 05:19.260 But I pointed out the number of 05:19.640 --> 05:21.950 american and foreign corporations left 05:21.950 --> 05:23.783 Russia as a consequence of their 05:25.000 --> 05:28.430 barbaric behavior . And I indicated 05:28.430 --> 05:31.880 that I knew how much he , because we 05:31.880 --> 05:34.770 had long discussions in the past about 05:34.770 --> 05:37.620 his interest in making sure he had 05:37.620 --> 05:39.787 economic relations and economic growth 05:39.787 --> 05:42.050 with europe and the United States and 05:42.050 --> 05:44.217 indicated that he'd be putting himself 05:44.217 --> 05:46.630 in significant jeopardy and those in 05:46.630 --> 05:48.741 those aims if in fact he were to move 05:48.741 --> 05:52.620 forward . I I am not going to comment 05:52.630 --> 05:55.330 on any detail about what we know or 05:55.330 --> 05:57.760 don't know as a consequence of that 05:57.760 --> 06:01.320 conversation , but tomorrow is 06:01.330 --> 06:04.310 tomorrow or next monday that Ursula is 06:04.310 --> 06:06.560 having that conference with china 06:07.340 --> 06:09.600 machine . The first 06:11.000 --> 06:14.160 On April one We've had discussions 06:14.540 --> 06:17.450 because I think that ah 06:18.040 --> 06:21.790 China understands that its economic 06:21.790 --> 06:24.950 future is much more closely tied to the 06:24.950 --> 06:28.840 west than it is to Russia . And so 06:28.840 --> 06:32.610 I I'm hopeful that he 06:32.620 --> 06:35.450 does not get engaged . We also did 06:35.450 --> 06:39.030 discuss today that there is a need for 06:39.030 --> 06:42.460 us to set up NATO to set up and the Eu 06:42.940 --> 06:45.640 to set up a system whereby we have an 06:45.640 --> 06:48.160 organization looking at who has 06:48.160 --> 06:50.780 violated any of these sanctions and 06:50.780 --> 06:52.836 where and when and how they violated 06:52.836 --> 06:55.058 them . And that's something we're gonna 06:55.058 --> 06:58.030 put in train . It's not done yet . So 06:58.040 --> 07:01.710 with regard to she 07:01.710 --> 07:04.500 I I have not nothing more to report 07:04.720 --> 07:06.942 with regard to food shortage . Yes , we 07:06.942 --> 07:10.860 did talk about food shortages and uh 07:10.870 --> 07:13.170 and it's gonna be real ? The price of 07:13.170 --> 07:15.570 these sanctions is not just imposed 07:15.570 --> 07:18.430 upon Russia , It's imposed upon an 07:18.430 --> 07:20.263 awful lot of countries as well , 07:20.263 --> 07:22.263 including european countries in our 07:22.263 --> 07:25.390 country as well . And because both 07:25.400 --> 07:28.210 Russia and Ukraine have been the 07:28.210 --> 07:30.543 breadbasket of europe in terms of wheat , 07:30.543 --> 07:32.877 for example , just give you one example . 07:32.960 --> 07:36.950 But we had a long discussion in the G-7 07:37.340 --> 07:40.620 with uh the uh with 07:40.630 --> 07:43.910 both the United States , which has as a 07:43.920 --> 07:46.140 significant and third largest producer 07:46.150 --> 07:49.770 of wheat in the world as well as Canada , 07:49.780 --> 07:52.160 which is also a major major producer . 07:52.540 --> 07:54.651 And we both talked about how we could 07:54.651 --> 07:57.850 increase and disseminate more rapidly 07:57.860 --> 08:00.740 foods food shortages . In addition to 08:00.740 --> 08:04.360 that , we talked about urging all the 08:04.360 --> 08:07.020 european countries and everyone else to 08:07.300 --> 08:10.970 end trade restrictions on on 08:10.970 --> 08:14.230 sending limitations on sending food 08:14.230 --> 08:17.110 abroad . And so we are in the process 08:17.110 --> 08:18.943 of working out with our european 08:18.943 --> 08:21.110 friends what it would be what it would 08:21.110 --> 08:23.890 take to help alleviate the concerns 08:23.890 --> 08:26.800 relative to food shortages . We also 08:26.800 --> 08:29.510 talked about a significant major U . S . 08:29.510 --> 08:31.510 Investment among others in terms of 08:31.510 --> 08:34.790 providing for the need for humanitarian 08:34.790 --> 08:37.150 assistance , including food as we move 08:37.150 --> 08:40.950 forward . Um , Right 08:42.670 --> 08:44.781 to Arena of the Wall Street Journal , 08:46.840 --> 08:48.896 Watch out , you don't get hit in the 08:48.896 --> 08:52.810 head there now , Mr President , 08:52.820 --> 08:54.987 in your view , does President Zelensky 08:54.987 --> 08:57.720 need to cede any Ukrainian territory in 08:57.720 --> 08:59.942 order to gain a ceasefire with Russia ? 08:59.942 --> 09:02.053 Or is that completely off the table ? 09:02.053 --> 09:04.140 And then also , do you think that 09:04.150 --> 09:06.261 Russia needs to be removed from the G 09:06.261 --> 09:09.720 20 ? On the latter point ? My answer is 09:09.720 --> 09:13.490 yes . That depends on the G-20 I 09:13.500 --> 09:17.450 that was raised today and I raised the 09:17.450 --> 09:19.740 possibility if that can be done . If 09:19.740 --> 09:21.740 Indonesia and others do not agree , 09:22.020 --> 09:24.910 then we should , in my view , asked to 09:24.910 --> 09:28.560 have both , Ukraine 09:29.140 --> 09:32.740 be able to attend the meetings as well 09:32.740 --> 09:36.700 as Um , well , basically 09:36.700 --> 09:38.811 Ukraine being able to attend the G-20 09:38.811 --> 09:41.840 meeting and observe with regard to what 09:41.840 --> 09:45.260 was the first question ? Sweet . 09:48.140 --> 09:50.650 That is a total judgment based on 09:50.650 --> 09:53.430 Ukraine . Nothing about Ukraine . 09:53.430 --> 09:56.590 Without Ukraine , I don't believe that 09:56.600 --> 09:58.767 they're going to have to do that . But 09:58.767 --> 10:00.933 that's a judgment there's negotiations 10:00.933 --> 10:02.933 that our discussions , I should say 10:02.933 --> 10:05.156 that have taken place , that I have not 10:05.156 --> 10:07.378 been part of including Ukrainians . And 10:07.378 --> 10:09.489 it's it's it's third judgment to make 10:11.240 --> 10:15.150 of Cecily abc there you are . 10:15.940 --> 10:18.890 Oh , thank you . Thank you , sir . 10:18.890 --> 10:20.779 You've made it very clear in this 10:20.779 --> 10:22.834 conflict that you do not want to see 10:22.834 --> 10:25.700 World War Three . But is it possible 10:25.710 --> 10:28.730 that in expressing that so early that 10:28.730 --> 10:30.841 you were too quick to rule out direct 10:30.841 --> 10:32.841 military intervention in this war . 10:32.841 --> 10:34.786 Could Putin have been emboldened , 10:34.786 --> 10:36.897 knowing that you are not going to get 10:36.897 --> 10:39.240 involved directly in this conflict ? No 10:39.240 --> 10:42.990 one . No , believe that . And to 10:42.990 --> 10:45.300 clarify on chemical weapons could if 10:45.300 --> 10:47.980 chemical weapons were used in Ukraine , 10:47.980 --> 10:50.380 would that trigger a military response 10:50.380 --> 10:54.210 from NATO ? It would it would 10:54.210 --> 10:56.750 trigger a response in kind whether or 10:56.750 --> 10:58.806 not you're asking whether NATO would 10:58.806 --> 11:00.972 cross , we'd make that decision at the 11:00.972 --> 11:03.139 time . And my final question , because 11:03.139 --> 11:05.306 you're heading to Poland tomorrow , do 11:05.306 --> 11:07.528 you think that getting a firsthand look 11:07.528 --> 11:09.528 at the effects of this war on these 11:09.528 --> 11:11.583 millions of Ukrainians who have fled 11:11.583 --> 11:13.806 their country could change the way that 11:13.806 --> 11:15.972 you might respond . I don't think so , 11:15.972 --> 11:18.028 because I've been to many , many war 11:18.028 --> 11:20.270 zones . I've been in refugee camps . 11:20.270 --> 11:23.160 I've been in war zones for the last 15 11:23.160 --> 11:25.280 years and it's it's it's it's 11:25.290 --> 11:28.030 devastating . And with the thing you 11:28.030 --> 11:30.030 look at the most , as you see these 11:30.030 --> 11:31.950 young Children , you see Children 11:31.950 --> 11:34.390 without parents that are in those camps 11:34.450 --> 11:38.150 or in the refugees . You see women and 11:38.150 --> 11:40.180 husbands and men and women who are 11:40.430 --> 11:42.597 completely lost and have no nose . You 11:42.597 --> 11:44.708 see the look that blank look on their 11:44.708 --> 11:47.560 face , That absolute feeling of my God , 11:48.040 --> 11:49.929 where am I what's what's going to 11:49.929 --> 11:52.690 happen to me ? And so it is what it 11:52.690 --> 11:54.650 will do . It will reinforce my 11:54.650 --> 11:56.830 commitment to have the United States , 11:56.830 --> 12:00.170 make sure we are a major piece of 12:00.170 --> 12:02.580 dealing with the relocation of all 12:02.580 --> 12:05.200 those folks as well as humanitarian 12:05.200 --> 12:07.540 assistance needed , both inside Ukraine 12:07.540 --> 12:09.570 and outside Ukraine . For example , 12:09.570 --> 12:13.020 this is not something that Poland or 12:13.030 --> 12:15.390 Romania or Germany should carry on 12:15.390 --> 12:17.640 their own . This is an international 12:17.640 --> 12:19.807 responsibility in the United States is 12:19.807 --> 12:22.029 the leader of one of the leaders in the 12:22.029 --> 12:23.751 international community has an 12:23.751 --> 12:25.918 obligation to be engaged to be engaged 12:25.918 --> 12:28.350 and do all we can to ease the suffering 12:28.350 --> 12:30.990 and pain of innocent women and Children 12:30.990 --> 12:33.046 and men for that matter . Throughout 12:33.046 --> 12:35.660 throughout Ukraine . And those who have 12:35.660 --> 12:37.771 made it across the border , I plan on 12:37.771 --> 12:40.710 attempting to see those folks as well 12:40.710 --> 12:42.821 as I hope I'm going to be able to see 12:42.821 --> 12:44.988 some I guess . I'm not supposed to say 12:44.988 --> 12:47.210 where I'm going , am I ? But anyway , I 12:47.210 --> 12:50.730 hope I get to see a lot of people . Mm 12:50.730 --> 12:53.350 hmm . Um 12:54.840 --> 12:56.360 Marcus in Der Spiegel . 13:03.740 --> 13:07.250 Thanks Mr President . Um There is a 13:07.260 --> 13:09.760 presidential election coming up in 2024 13:09.760 --> 13:12.310 and as you know , there are yes that's 13:12.310 --> 13:15.670 true . And there are widespread 13:15.670 --> 13:18.260 concerns in europe that a figure like 13:18.260 --> 13:20.204 your predecessor , maybe even your 13:20.204 --> 13:22.670 predecessor himself might get elected 13:22.670 --> 13:26.000 president again . Um So , um are there 13:26.000 --> 13:29.190 any steps anything you're trying to do 13:29.190 --> 13:31.270 and NATO is trying to do here these 13:31.270 --> 13:34.230 days to prevent what you're trying to 13:34.230 --> 13:36.452 do becoming undone two years from now . 13:37.240 --> 13:39.351 No , that's not how I think of this . 13:39.351 --> 13:41.462 I've been dealing with foreign policy 13:41.462 --> 13:43.684 for longer than anybody that's involved 13:43.684 --> 13:46.400 in this process . Right . I have no 13:46.410 --> 13:49.710 concerns about the impact . I made a 13:49.710 --> 13:52.370 commitment when I ran this time , I 13:52.370 --> 13:54.537 wasn't going to run again . And I mean 13:54.537 --> 13:56.592 that sincerely I had no intention of 13:56.592 --> 13:59.100 running for president again . And until 13:59.100 --> 14:01.680 I saw those folks coming out of the 14:01.680 --> 14:04.990 fields in Virginia carrying torches and 14:04.990 --> 14:07.350 carrying nazi banners and literally 14:07.900 --> 14:10.350 singing the same vial 14:11.840 --> 14:14.220 Rhyme that they used in Germany in the 14:14.230 --> 14:17.750 early 20s or 30's , I should say . And 14:18.680 --> 14:20.650 and then man , the gentleman you 14:20.650 --> 14:22.872 mentioned was asked what he thought and 14:22.872 --> 14:25.039 a young woman was killed , a protester 14:25.540 --> 14:27.610 and he asked , was asked what he 14:27.610 --> 14:30.030 thought . He said , there are very good 14:30.030 --> 14:33.100 people on both sides . And that's when 14:33.100 --> 14:35.156 I decided I wasn't going to be quiet 14:35.156 --> 14:38.820 any longer . And when I ran this time , 14:38.830 --> 14:40.663 and I think the american press , 14:40.663 --> 14:42.719 whether they look at me favorably or 14:42.719 --> 14:44.608 unfavorably acknowledges I made a 14:44.608 --> 14:48.550 determination , nothing is worth , no 14:48.550 --> 14:50.760 election is worth my not doing exactly 14:50.760 --> 14:52.982 what I think is the right thing , not a 14:52.982 --> 14:55.360 joke . I'm too long in the tooth to 14:55.360 --> 14:58.050 fool with this any longer . And so 14:58.640 --> 15:01.290 we're a long way off in elections . A 15:01.290 --> 15:04.260 long way off . My focus of any election 15:04.260 --> 15:06.320 is on making sure that we retain the 15:06.320 --> 15:08.620 House in the United States Senate so 15:08.620 --> 15:11.130 that I have the room to continue to do 15:11.130 --> 15:13.352 the things that I've been able to do in 15:13.352 --> 15:15.463 terms of growing the economy and deal 15:15.520 --> 15:17.742 in a rational way with american foreign 15:17.742 --> 15:21.080 policy and lead the world , lead , be 15:21.080 --> 15:24.020 the leader of the free world . So , um , 15:24.030 --> 15:26.270 but it's not , it's not a theological 15:26.270 --> 15:29.180 question for someone to ask , I say to 15:29.180 --> 15:32.050 people at home , imagine if we sat and 15:32.050 --> 15:35.060 watched the the doors of the Bundestag 15:35.070 --> 15:38.020 broken down and police officers killed 15:38.020 --> 15:40.770 and hundreds of people storming in . Or 15:40.770 --> 15:42.992 imagine if we saw that happening in the 15:42.992 --> 15:45.048 british parliament or whatever , how 15:45.048 --> 15:47.790 would we feel ? And one of the things 15:47.790 --> 15:51.460 that I take some solace from 15:52.140 --> 15:54.080 is I don't think you'll find any 15:54.090 --> 15:57.410 european leader who thinks 15:57.410 --> 16:01.260 that I am not up to the job . 16:02.900 --> 16:05.210 And I mean that sincerely it's not like 16:05.220 --> 16:08.100 whoa , it's that's that The point is 16:08.100 --> 16:10.300 that when the first G7 meeting I 16:10.300 --> 16:12.411 attended , like the one I did today , 16:12.740 --> 16:14.907 it was in great Britain and I sat down 16:14.907 --> 16:17.660 and I said America is back and one of 16:17.660 --> 16:20.270 the one of my counterparts colleagues 16:20.270 --> 16:22.326 as head of state said for how long ? 16:22.840 --> 16:25.760 For how long ? And so I don't blame , I 16:25.760 --> 16:27.760 don't I don't criticize anybody for 16:27.760 --> 16:31.400 asking that question . But the next 16:31.400 --> 16:33.511 election , I'd be very fortunate if I 16:33.511 --> 16:35.840 had that same man running against me , 16:35.850 --> 16:37.900 thank you very very much . The 16:37.910 --> 16:40.330 President . Thank you . 16:42.640 --> 16:46.220 Whoa , whoa , whoa , whoa , whoa , whoa , 16:46.230 --> 16:48.360 whoa . You know , you have one final 16:48.360 --> 16:50.416 question . Right ? Hey look , wait , 16:50.416 --> 16:52.520 hold on a second please . I was 16:52.520 --> 16:54.920 supposed to be an hour ago at the 16:54.920 --> 16:57.620 european union meeting and to speak now 16:57.620 --> 17:00.280 and I'm thanking you said someone I 17:00.280 --> 17:04.250 haven't called on before you who are 17:04.250 --> 17:08.210 you okay sir , 17:08.210 --> 17:10.490 deterrence didn't work . What makes you 17:10.490 --> 17:12.657 think Vladimir Putin will alter course 17:12.657 --> 17:14.934 based on the action you've taken today ? 17:14.934 --> 17:16.879 Let's get something straight . You 17:16.879 --> 17:16.590 remember if you covered me from the 17:16.590 --> 17:18.701 very beginning , I did not say that . 17:18.790 --> 17:21.770 In fact , the sanctions would deter him . 17:22.520 --> 17:25.090 Sanctions never deter you . Keep 17:25.090 --> 17:28.050 talking about that . Sanctions , never 17:28.050 --> 17:31.560 deter the maintenance of sanctions , 17:31.570 --> 17:33.740 the maintenance of sanctions , the 17:33.740 --> 17:35.630 increasing the pain and the 17:35.630 --> 17:37.852 demonstration why I asked for this NATO 17:37.852 --> 17:40.690 meeting today is to be sure that after 17:40.690 --> 17:43.370 a month we will sustain what we're 17:43.370 --> 17:45.350 doing , not just next month , the 17:45.350 --> 17:47.572 following month , but for the remainder 17:47.572 --> 17:49.739 of this entire year , that's what will 17:49.739 --> 17:50.739 stop him . 17:54.410 --> 17:56.410 That's not what I said . You you're 17:56.410 --> 17:58.577 you're playing a game with me . I know 17:58.577 --> 18:00.799 the answer is no . I think what happens 18:00.799 --> 18:03.021 is we have to demonstrate the purpose , 18:03.021 --> 18:05.243 the single most important thing and for 18:05.243 --> 18:07.080 us to stay unified and the world 18:07.090 --> 18:10.150 continue to focus on what a brute this 18:10.150 --> 18:12.640 guy is and all the innocent people's 18:12.640 --> 18:15.010 lives are being lost and ruined and 18:15.010 --> 18:17.330 what's going on , That's the important 18:17.330 --> 18:19.560 thing . But look , if you're Putin , 18:20.040 --> 18:22.320 and you think that the that europe is 18:22.320 --> 18:25.380 going to crack in a month or six weeks 18:25.380 --> 18:28.540 or two months , why not ? They can take 18:28.540 --> 18:30.660 anything for another month . But we 18:30.660 --> 18:32.827 have to demonstrate the reason I asked 18:32.827 --> 18:35.160 for the meeting , We have to stay fully , 18:35.160 --> 18:38.070 totally , thoroughly united . Thank you