thinking about changing course. so what s nato likely to do for the outlook this morning let s go to w. s teri schultz in brussels good morning terry what can we expect today at this nato meeting will the u.s. delay pulling out of the ion effete intermediate range nuclear forces treaty yes i ve heard from several sources both inside and outside nato that less meant last minute discussions with european leaders at the g. twenty convince president trump that waiting a couple more months until the february defense minister ariel wouldn t be so bad it would give more time to put pressure on russia it would ease european allies concerns that not everything had been done diplomatically to try to bring russia back into compliance with the treaty before a six month period starts after which the treaty is defunct ok now president trump was tweeting yesterday that he wants new arms control talks with russia and with china what do nato foreign ministers think about this approach well i m sure tha
thinking about changing course. so what s nato likely to do for the outlook this morning let s go to w. s teri schultz in brussels good morning terry what can we expect today at this nato meeting will the u.s. delay pulling out of the r n f the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty yes i ve heard from several sources both inside and outside nato that less meant last minute discussions with european leaders at the g. twenty convince president trump that waiting a couple more months until the february defense minister ariel wouldn t be so bad it would give more time to put pressure on russia it would ease european allies concerns that not everything had been done diplomatically to try to bring russia back into compliance with the treaty before a six month period starts after which the treaty is defunct ok now president trump was tweeting yesterday that he wants new arms control talks with russia and with
detail that the two countries can hold 90% of the nuclear capacity, nuclear missiles in the world and he referred to it as a bad thing. quote-unquote, a bad thing. what was your reaction to that? reporter: well, i think this is the way that the president is seizing on one thing that could come out of that summit today, that he thinks is a good thing for him, for his legacy, for the united states, to resume our arms control talks with the former soviet union and russia and to reduce arms down the road to talk about lowering the level of arms in an extension of that arms control agreement that s going to expire in a couple of years. as richard said this, puts him and you put on an equal level and we don t want vladimir putin to be on an equal level with the president of the united states because he s such a bad actor. but it s one deliverable of this
president trump talked for a long time about his desire to meet with president putin one-on-one. why is finland the place where this is happening? well, in one respect it is convenient. it s obviously not far from russia. it borders russia. pretty wpresident trump was on european tour. it is a quick hop from scotland. it has been said to be neutral ground. remember, finland is a member of the european union. it is not a member of nato. as you mentioned, it has been the scene of previous summits. most importantly possibly helsinki is remembered for arms control talks in the 1970s. these were absolutely important in ensuring, if you like, a peaceful end to the cold war. certainly the cold war could continue under more balanced terms. so people are hoping that this summit might be a success in
trump. in a scandinavian way they sang a few songs and moved on. it s a hot day here, it s the weekend. they don t get hot under the collar here anyway so the demonstration was done we don t expect mass demonstration s. helsinki was the host in the 1970s for arms control talks between the u.s. and the soviet uni union. they are hoping for a productive summit on monday, something of that ilk. given the weather should you decide to discard that navy blazer and do rolled up shirt sleeves, we ll be fine with that. thank you so much. if you say so, i ll do it. joining me right now we have john harwood, cnbc editor at large and john allen national political reporter for nbc news. i see you at least have your tie off so that s more appropriate given the heat. welcome to you both, i ll speak with you, jonathan. what do you make of these