Right about that. Earlier this morning the president of the United States publicly hounded natos secretarygeneral, repeatedly disparaged germany and wondered aloud why america should be responsible for protecting europe against russia. Vladimir putin wants donald trump to break from American Allies. A few hours ago, that is exactly what he got. Wow. Welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday, july 11th. With us, msnbc contributor mike ba ba ba barniccal. And David Ignatius, nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of kasie d. C. On msnbc, kasie hunt and former u. S. Ambassador to nato and former state Department Spokesman nicholas burns, professor of diplomacy and International Relations at the Harvard Kennedy school of government. Great group to start with this morning, and, wow, what a start to the trip. What a start to the trip. And lets just play the clip. Heres donald trump actually doing exactly what Vladimir Putin would want him to do. Good morning. In many countries, they owe
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loophole. but she got her way. i think no one was particularly surprised that sinema wanted changes to this package. we reported that she was feeling frustrated and she felt out of the loop when manchin and schumer announced they had reached this deal. it s not entirely surprised. she did get the carried interest loopholes taken out of the package and she added money for drought resiliency. it s a sign of the fact that she told schumer she would no go along with this package if some of the provisions were not in there. it s a sign of how she s used her leverage and she has leverage. they re like, okay, what do you want and you ll have it. the other thing going on here with joe manchin is that republicans just they sound like somebody just broke up with them. they thought joe manchin was their guy. all of a sudden joe manchin is brokering this climate change
moving in any way. even after the verdict is announced, even after she s sentenced, even after she s transferred to this penal colony, it doesn t seem like it s going to speed up this negotiation, unfortunately, in any way. both of you will be standing by for the verdict. appreciate your time. now to capitol hill and the rush to get important business done before senate leaves washington for the august recess. right now the senate parliamentarian is still reviewing that big tax, health care and climate change deal put together by senate democratic leader chuck schumer and west virginia senator joe manchin. there are reports that kyrsten sinema, who has not said whether she ll support the bill, is pushing for some changes. this comes as lawmakers mourn the loss of indiana congresswoman jackie walorski who was killed in a car accident yesterday along with two of her staffers. nancy pelosi ordered flags at