The demonstration happened on the sidelines of US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth's address at the Ukraine Defence Contact Group in Brussels.
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00:00Dozens gathered in an anti-Trump demonstration in front of Central Station in Brussels on
00:07Wednesday, calling to defend democracy in the United States.
00:14We really want to protest the Trump administration's attack on our constitutional values and American
00:20values, which is not what he was elected for.
00:23The demonstration happened on the sidelines of U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Higgs' visit
00:28to Belgium, where he spoke at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Brussels.
00:35The newly appointed Defense Secretary said that Ukraine's desired return to its pre-2014
00:40borders, as well as potential NATO accession, are unrealistic goals.
00:46He also underlined that U.S. troops would not be a part of any peacekeeping mission
00:50in Ukraine.
00:51I think what's important is that we send a very strong message that we are a strong NATO
00:58member, that we will abide by the treaty, that we are not going to undermine NATO, as
01:04was Trump's policy very clearly in 2016.
01:07This cannot happen again, and that we will stand with Europe.
01:11On Thursday, NATO defense ministers are set to meet in the Belgian capital to begin preparations
01:17for the NATO summit, which will be held in The Hague later this year.