Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. During an appearance at Fort Bragg in North

Carolina, President Trump praised special forces for last month's raid that removed Venezuela's

Nicolas Maduro. Trump told troops and their families that the operation against Maduro shows

America's military might and makes enemies fear the U.S. Sometimes you have to have fear because that's the only thing that really will get the situation taken care of.

We have a situation right now where we sent a very big carrier group to Iran.

I'd love to see if we could make a deal.

They've been difficult to make a deal.

I thought we would have had a deal last time.

They wish they did. Trump says he's moving a second aircraft carrier into the Middle

East as he presses Iran to make a deal over its nuclear program. Trump says, quote, in case we don't

make a deal, we'll need it. Days ago, Trump suggested another round of talks with Iran was at hand.

That hasn't materialized.

The Munich Security Conference kicked off today, drawing leaders from around the world.

The Chancellor of Germany told attendees that his country will build the largest army in Europe.

NPR's Rob Schmidt's reports.

In one of the first speeches of the three-day conference, German Chancellor Fiedrich

Maitz told those gathered

that Russia's GDP is currently worth two trillion euros.

The GDP of the European Union is ten times higher, Merritt said, and yet today Europe is not

ten times stronger than Russia.

Merritt's called on European leaders to flip the switch in our minds.

He said that in the era of great powers, Europe's freedom is no longer simply a given.

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