Stepped up like nobody. This has been going on for decades, many president s but no other president brought it up like i bring it up. Dana the pressure is leading to more military spending, the president also accusing germany of hypocrisy for relying on russia for energ energy. I think its very sad when germany makes a massive and oil and gas deal with russia. You are supposed to be guarding against russia and germany goes out pays billions and billions of dollars a year to russia. Germany as far as im concerned is captive to russia because its getting so much energy from russia. Dana that tough talk is not sitting well with some critics. Its infuriating to see this happen. It is diplomatic malpractice. Hooton made great investments in the 2016 election and its paying off for him and brussels. Is a disgrace for the United States to open a meeting like this. Its unprecedented language and its a threat to the alliance. It is a transparent way to carry out Vladimir Putins deepest wish. Da
Number. That did catch people by price. You know, he has not failed to surprise or shock them this morning. You know, like yesterday, the bumps yesterday, they knew this was coming. They knew President Trump was coming in to get the countries to spend more money on their Defense Budgets toward the 2 commitment. They knew that was coming. Not the shape it was coming in. Today, the reason i say he hasnt failed to surprise, but surprise them like he did in quebec on the second morning, he showed up late. Then 50 minutes this morning, he showed up half an hour late. The ukrainian president likely to tell him to get tough on putin when he meets putin on monday in helsinkhelsinki. The president heads to uk with a visit to the american ally. Turmoil for traheresa may and t trump baby blimp floating above there. What can we expect . Reporter turmoil on the streets. Area around the residence where trump is staying. It has been barricaded off. The protesters have been saying they will come out o
Nato summit and President Trumps suggesting today that nato member countries should double their defense spending goal to 4 of their Gross Domestic Product, thats a goal according to natos statistics the United States doesnt even meet. The president kicking off the annual summit at a breakfast with the nato secretarygeneral and the president served up a heaping helping of confrontation. Calling u. S. Allies delinquent for not spending enough or their militaries and germany accused of being a captive of russia and rhetoric alarmed the republicans and democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today. There are ways of communicating with your friends and sometimes it feels like we punch our friends in the nose and hold our hand out to people working strongly against us like russia and putin. For 17 years, natos allies and their sons and daughters have fought alongside our sons an daughters, many losing their lives. I think the president forgets all of that. Lets get to jeff zelen
States has haved to pay for the i think its very sad when germany makes an oil and gas deal with russia where were supposed to be guarding against russia and germany goes out and pays billions of dollars a year to russia. Now if you look at it, germany is a captive of russia. This is just day one and that Tense Exchange is just a taste of the aggressive tone well likely see trump use against nato members in the coming days. We knew this was coming. Its the kind of tough talk that plays well with trumps base, just listen to republican new york congressman peter king. I think its about time that somebody in the u. S. Stood up to nato. Ive been here for 20 years, nato is crumbling because European Countries werent doing enough. I think its important for the president to take a shot at them. The europeans can be arrogant at times. Its good to knock them back. Europeans can be arrogant. Not all lawmakers are looking for the easy, political point. Senators on both sides are worried about who
Diplomatic meetings, donald trump in brussels, blafkt allies saying its delivering went and saying its not them but germany is controlled by russia. Germany is controlled by russia. As im concerned, theyre captive to russia. It certainly doesnt seem to make sense they pay billions of dollars to russia. Now we have to defend them against russia. The pushback came back swiftly from americans in both parties. Nato is indispensable. Its as important today as it ever has been. To weaken the alliance is not in our interest. What the president is doing is antagonizeing our allies and embracing our tra dirnl enemies and foes. Putin made a great investment in the 2016 election. Its paying off for him in brus sells today. Foreign experts know there are plenty of critiques about nato. Donald trump is calling the entire project obsolete as he did during the campaign, which reenforces russias interests. Putin wants a weaker nato, that means a weaker military pushback against russia in europe. There