Trump Vows to ‘Vigorously’ Defend Finland From a Russian Attack

President Donald Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday that he would “vigorously” defend Finland if Russia were to invade the NATO ally. Trump was in the Oval with Finnish President Alexander Stubb discussing a range of issues when the topic of Russia came up.

“Mr. President, you are buying icebreakers from Finland, but what if Russia and Vladimir Putin attack Finland? Would you defend Finland?” a Finnish reporter asked.

“I would, yes, I would. They’re a member of NATO, they’re great people, but I don’t think that’s going to happen. I don’t think he’s going to do that. I think the chances of that are very, very small, but it’s very interesting because you have a very big military relative to your size. You have a very powerful military, one of the best. And certainly we will be there to help. Thank you. Okay, please,” Trump replied.

“Mr. President, thank you. We have a big border, as our president said. How would you exactly defend Finland? And yeah, thank you,” asked another reporter.

“How would you defend Finland?” The question was repeated by someone else in the room as Trump appeared to miss it.

“Vigorously,” Trump replied.

Stubb then jumped in, “Can I just add on that, we’re very pleased with the fact that we have so much training going on with American soldiers right now, so they’re getting experience from our Arctic conditions, and we’re integrating our militaries together, working not only through the DCA agreement but other ways as well. We see that day to day in the work that we do, and it’s working well.”

Watch the clip above via Fox News.