Idiot which trump called an amazing theatrical experience, maybe less amazing if American Idiot is now directed at you dont want to be an American Idiot jeanne moos, cnn, new york. And thanks for joining us. Ac 360 with anderson starts now. Its like the world gone crazy this morning. Trumps performance was beyond belief. Good evening, everyone. That quote is from a senior european diplomat talking to cnn about the nato summit in brussels and what the president said there today. Now, this diplomat we should point out is not alone. The western allies have been talking about it. The russians vietnam be talking about it. The world, and tonight so will we. Yet as shocking as it may be to our allies, as troubling as it is to some lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, it should not be surprising whether voters at the time gave it much credence. What happened today in brussels is what donald trump campaigned on. He said he was going to do this. Its the distilled essence of what he has believed
doesn t spend her afternoons in shopping malls as if it were does something to make the world better something to preserve it so that it remains a beautiful for my grandchildren and i m really proud looking for. the next protest comes on a school holiday a test of how serious the kids really are buying clothes new ones second time and getting the latest mobile phone those will be the daily tasks they encounter outside of friday s future. not children taking the lead foot of peano planet is definitely essential but we need to make sure they have the basics to thrive big india for example where until two decades ago children refused to go to school or dropped out because they went hungry during school hours one organization took it upon itself to make sure that hunger wasn t the reason a child was deprived of a good education. lentils
afghanistan after 9/11 because the nato treaty, article 5 calls for just that. in any case, the president believes they re freeloading, and today he demand member nations not only meet the 2% goal immediately, he told them to double the target to 4% of gdp, an amount even the u.s. doesn t spend. he also singled out germany for additional criticism. . but germany, as far as i m concerned is captive to russia because it s getting so much of its energy from russia. we have to talk about the billions and billions of dollars that s being paid to the country that we re supposed to be protecting you against. the president expanded on that in a tweet, explicitly connecting or conflating the idea of defending europe with getting paid. quote, what good is nato, he writes, if germany is paying russia billions of dollars for gas and energy. why are there only 5 out of 29 countries that have met that commitment? the u.s. is paying for europe s protection and then loses on trade. must pay 2% of
nations not only meet the 2% goal immediately, he told them to double the target to 4% of gdp, an amount even the u.s. doesn t spend. he also singled out germany for additional criticism. . but germany, as far as i m concerned is captive to russia because it s getting so much of its energy from russia. we have to talk about the billions and billions of dollars that s being paid to the country that we re supposed to be protecting you against. the president expanded on that in a tweet, explicitly connecting or conflating the idea of defending europe with getting paid. quote, what good is nato, he writes, if germany is paying russia billions of dollars for gas and energy. why are there only 5 out of 29 countries that have met that commitment? the u.s. is paying for europe s protection and then loses on trade. must pay 2% of gdp immediately, not by 2025. this may be shocking to many. it s not, however, a surprise. the president campaigned on much of this. but now that he is acting on i