This is how real leadership looks like.
It means that: 1) you are not afraid of the truth, 2) you are ready to pay the price, 3) because it is the right thing to do.
Gabrielius Landsbergis: “Putin is spending $140 billions while we struggle to promise 50. We are basically sending him the message "We won't stop you", so he won't stop. But if we allocated $800 billions, he would be forced to rethink. Yes, we could afford it. And yes, it would be cheaper than letting him carry on.”