has been sparring with the president through public forums and social media. being trade is a big issue, the president brought it up, i think it would be hard for the president not to bring it up, don t you think so? reporter: no question. yesterday you saw both on twitter and comments before he left washington this idea of a 151 billion-dollar trade gap between the u.s. and the eu that is part and parcel to this idea that listen, we help protect you. can you not then give us a break and open up maybe your businesses? open up your countries for american business? this reciprocity speaks to the very heart of what this president is all about. he has not seen it, at least on a large-scale at least thus far but certainly that will be emphasis in addition to security cooperation between our country and our allies in the region. brian: before he left the
ainsley: common sense. you want to be a part of this, you have to pay your way. brian: unlike many organizations the president is a wedge-breaker. he goes in there. behind him comes mattis, secretary of state mike pompeo, ambassador hutchinson, that is the broad thing, what the president wants to achieve. let s go execute. up to general mattis held position in nato before, ambassador nato hutchinson, go execute, come out with tangible gains. therefore this president will have positive remarks theoretically at the end of this. maybe the family photo will be even better next time they get together. ainsley: he is here to say, america first. you might be a nice person. i will be honest with you. what we re doing is not fair. first of all you re making it really hard for us to do business with european countries. he said that we lost $151 billion last year alone in trade. he said we re paying majority of the defense spending, 72%. there are 29 countries involved
uncomfortably that criticized the way the alliance is run and pay for. he was giving the heisman maneuver pushing him aside to get to the front. the president went after nato prior to arriving there about the allies and he said the u.s. is suspending many times more to protect them. not fair to the u.s. taxpayer and on top of that we lose $151 billion on trade with the european union. he added this prior to his departure. it s going to be an interesting time in the uk and it s going to be an interesting time with nato. nato has not treated us fairly, but we will work something else. we pay far too much and they pay far too little. we will work it out and all countries will be happy. during the campaign, he called nato obsolete. president trump s critical comments about america s closest allies drew a rare public rebuke
advantage of. we re 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. frankly, it helps them a lot more than it helps us. we ll see what happens. we have a long, beautiful week. i will say also last night was an incredible evening. brett kavanaugh s gotten rave reviews, rave reviews actually from both sides. and i think it will be a beautiful thing to watch over the next month. but he has gotten rave reviews. i really can t say right now. as far as i m concerned, competitor. competitor. i think that getting along with russia, getting along with china, getting along with others is a good thing, not a bad thing. i ve said that many times for many years. so we ll see. we re meeting with vladimir
or a faux, a friend or a faux. a competitor. i think that getting along with russia, getting along with china, with others, is a good thing. reporter: so you see there that very friendly language from the president there from someone who is the leader of a country that has meddled in the united states election, is accused of poisoning a former russian spy who was living in the uk, invading crimea, among other things, of course. and you see the language there, not combative at all. now compare that to how he discussed nato. nato has not treated us fairly, but i think we ll work something out. we re 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