U.S. President Joe #Biden departed #Helsinki on Thursday, wrapping up a trip to Europe meant to demonstrate the force of the NATO alliance against Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine.

U.S. President Joe Biden ended his three-nation trip to Europe with a resounding statement of support for #NATO, seeking to allay European fears that a change in U.S. administration would mean uncertainty for Washington’s ties with its transatlantic allies.

“I absolutely guarantee you. There is no question,” he said during a joint press conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto on Thursday in Helsinki. “We will stay connected to NATO. Connected to NATO beginning middle and end. We're a transatlantic partnership.”

Biden reiterated “overwhelming support” from both parties in the U.S. Congress, “notwithstanding the fact there are some extreme elements of one party.”

He appeared to be referring to the isolationist posture of some Republicans influenced by the “America First” principle espoused by Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump, who repeatedly questioned NATO’s purpose and, in 2017, called the alliance obsolete.

“The American people know, since the end of World War II and the formation of NATO that our security rests in the unanimity among European and transatlantic partner – us,” he said.

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