text:  America cannot be the policeman of the world. We want NATO to be a strong alliance. We don't want NATO countries to be welfare clients of the United States. If Vladimir Putin is a significant threat to Europe, then the Germans have to step up. The French have to step up. They need to do more for their own security. And I think that argument actually lands not just with a lot of Americans, but with a lot of Europeans. They are not our clients. We want NATO to be a strong alliance. But for that to be the case, the Europeans have got to step up.