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Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan

BONUS POD: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte

Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan

CBS News

Cbs, News Commentary, Tv & Film, Politics, News

3.81K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte joins Face the Nation to discuss the Trump administration's new tariff policy, the threat of Russia and China's military growth, and the future of the NATO alliance. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello, this is Margaret Brennan, moderator of Face the Nation and Chief Foreign Affairs

0:34.3

correspondent for CBS News. Last week, we interviewed Mark Ruta.

0:38.3

He's NATO's Secretary General.

0:40.3

We're bringing you here an extended cut of our conversation.

0:44.3

We're joined now by the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Ruta, in Brussels.

0:49.3

Good morning to you, sir.

0:50.3

Good morning. Good to be on the program.

0:52.3

Well, you've been a busy man this week, and I know NATO is a defensive alliance. It's not a trade alliance. And you and Secretary Rubio have repeatedly said this trade war is not impacting NATO. But respectfully, how could this tension between allies not have any impact and are you concerned at all that

1:12.5

European countries will move towards other perhaps cheaper markets like China?

1:17.6

Well I'm not saying it doesn't have an impact on individual allies but it does not

1:24.0

have an impact on the alliance there Mark Rubio and I are on the same page

1:29.3

because the alliance is focused on making sure we can fight the Russian threat.

1:34.3

We can make sure that we can bring Ukraine as much as possible, collectively,

1:39.3

under US leadership, to a durable and lasting peace.

1:42.3

And that is our laser focus over the last couple of days.

1:46.9

George Marshall in Europe, you know that the man who was responsible for the Marshall

1:52.4

plan and helping to rebuild after World War II linked economic health to political stability

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