Better job in explaining why it is important that nations who would like to be taken seriously in the world require military capabilities to be partners in the larger endeavors that confront us. But lets be clear. Its not clear that in this country there is the kind of support we may need for defense spending at large, and it is definitely clear there is no support or no knowledge for nato. Much of our parliamently our congre congressmen and senators dont know much about nato. Most would be surprised that nato continues not only to run the Afghan Mission but have between a third and a half of the troops there from european countries. So we have done not a particularly good job of explaining the importance of nato to our own security, to our own to what it is that europe and nato contribute to what we do day in and day out. So before we start lecturing our european friends about how important it is that they go out and tell their parliamentarians how central nato is and defense spending
Important it is that they go out and tell their parliamentarians how central nato is and defense spending is, we have a job to do here ourselves. Our interim general scocroft that when were thinking here how to engage in capitol hill that narrative. Ill take the woman in the back. Thanks. My name is trina flocrant. While in washington im at the transatlantic academy. What you said about the nato issue is music in my ears. I just wish it had been said by the defense and Deterrence Program or defense and deterrence posture review whats going on. Because one of the things that was very apparent during that time was the silence from and i know that you as ambassador could probably not say what you said now, but from an american perspective, there was very little said to actually push the europeans in that direction you just outlined. I can say this because im a european. I think without the americans taking the lead, and quite frankly, lecturing and pushing the europeans on issues like thi
Great to have you back. Sorry. Thank you for joining us. Appreciate it. Also, heidi is with us. And National Political reporter for axios, Jonathan Swan is with us this morning. We have a lot to get to, willie. We do. Including a preview of President Trumps 2020 message, hitting democrats on being socialists and, of course, going after the Green New Deal, along with warnings of voter fraud. The president getting wrong where his father was born several times. Wrong country even. What is that about . What is he even doing . Is it just bananas . It is one of his stranger lies. He stands to gain nothing from the lie. Why make up where your father was born . Not in germany but here in new york city, in the bronx. The grandfather was born in jer germany, that right . Right. You think he was thinking of the grandfather . Multiple . A slip. We have his solution to the border crisis, just rid of Immigration Judges who hear migrant cases. Bernie sanders money haul and the latest with the accusat
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