Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and French President Emmanuel Macron went toe-to-toe Saturday over the strength of America’s alliances.

“I’m happy to report that the death of the transatlantic alliance is grossly exaggerated,” Pompeo insisted in a speech to the Munich Security Conference. “The West is winning, and we’re winning together.”

His remarks were in response to the forum’s theme of “westlessness” – and complaints by other speakers about President Donald Trump’s “America First” stance, which has led to increasing pressure on NATO allies to ramp up their military spending.

“It’s not about Europe following us — we want to work alongside you,” Pompeo said. “We want to work together.”

He touted a new U.S. pledge of $1 billion to help Central and Eastern European countries develop new energy sources to break their dependence on Russian gas supplies.

But Macron pushed back, complaining about “a weakening of the West.”

“There’s an American policy that started several years ago and not just under this administration that includes a certain kind of withdrawal, of a rethink of its relationship with Europe,” Macron said.

“We cannot be the United States’ junior partner,” he added. “I’m impatient for European solutions.”