allies? we can t be taken advantage of. we re being taken advantage of by the european union. we lost $151 billion last year on trade. on top of that, we spend at least 70% for nato. frankly, it helps them a lot more than it helps us. a little hot fire back and forth there between frenemies this morning. president donald trump and european union counsel president donald tusk ahead of tomorrow s nato summit in brussels. the president is on his way to europe right now. before he left, he set up the stakes for his week of delegate diplomacy, talking with reporters on the south lawn. including our own hans nichols, who has moved to the north lawn for us. president trump did not show any sign of dialing back. no. some of the tough talk. he is ready for a fight. it is going to happen, based on what raj shah told us a couple minutes ago, too. reporter: the president is clearly hinting at how difficult and contentious the meetings welcome back with nato, by suggesting his meeting wit
ian, thank you very much. we appreciate it. the president has just tweeted as well. the european union makes it impossible for our farmers and workers and companies to do business in europe f. u.s. has a $151 billion trade deficit, and then they want us to happily defend it in nato and happily pay for it. that trade deficit is misleading. trump only focuses on goods, not services. he s loaded for bare. that s bad for europe, good for putin. ian bremmer, snuck in one more question. appreciate it. we ll be right back.
president trump on twitter, of course, this morning. once again complaining about our trade with europe. quote, getting ready to leave for europe, first meeting, nato. the u.s. is spending many times more than any other country in order to protect them. not fair to the u.s. taxpayer. on top of that, we lose $151 billion on trade with the european union. now the european union we should know does impose tariffs on the occupation, but many of those tariffs are in retaliation for those we imposed on them first. the same can be said of mexico, canada as well. talk about what oned a voenlt on the trade war has to say. how patient can farmers be in waiting for this trade war to be settled? patience is one thing. it s cash. how long can you keep paying your bills? they have their loans. they have their costs that are
european council has a message for president trump. be good to your friends. america, appreciate your allies, after all, you don t have that many. before heading to the nato summit president trump fired back this morning. well, we do have a lot of allie, but we cannot be taken advantage of. we are being taken advantage of by the european union. we lost $151 billion last year on trade and on top of that, we spend at least 70% for nato and, frankly, it helps them a lot more than it helps us. right now president trump is in the air set to arrive in brussels in the next hour with the conference starting tomorrow. nbc s jeff bennett, he beat him fr
summit he not only tweeted about his complaints involving nato spending among the allies, he also pointed out once again an top of this, he said the european union has a trade surplus of $151 billion with the united states with big trade barriers on u.s. no, in all caps. so there s a lot of tension right now between the u.s. and its closest nato allies, not only on spending, but also trade-related issues. da now to the very serious war of words that has developed between lawyers for president trump and for his former attorney and fixer, michael cohen. cohen s newest attorney cautioned trump lawyer rudy giuliani with this tweet. let me read it. did rudy giuliani really say on sunday shows that michael cohen should cooperate with prosecutors and tell the truth? seriously? is that trump and giuliani definition of truth?