greece, despite its financial problems, 2.36%. the u.k. and estonia. 2.08% of its gdp goes into nato spending. charles lane, is it any wonder president trump is upset? i m not sure those figures or how much of the gdp we spent on nato as opposed to how much we spend on defense. the united states has responsibilities in the pacific and latin america that the europeans do not have. nevertheless, this is a long-standing problem and i think privately, and i ve talked many times, the germans want to spend more on defense. big part of the problem is that they have a party, the social democrats, they are very much opposed. their problem is there gdp is growing so fast that it s hard to spend more on defense fast enough to get to that 2% mark. the reason that greece is over
arguments. the irony is that germany is increasingly aware it needs to stand on its own two feet in between a.d. increasingly friendly america under trump and russia. if they don t have the capability, they lack any serious measure of hard power to defend themselves, so i think a profound irony here is that is very much in germany s own self interests to build up its defense capability. internally the politics just keep getting the way every time. trump could offer to move the base to poland. and auditing the american troop presence lately in germany, very ostentatious. jon: nato was formed as a result of the soviet threat. president trump is going to be meeting with the inheritor of the soviet legacy, vladimir putin. donald trump is not afraid to negotiate with anybody. he s going to new and very openly, and he s going to we will see.
replace anthony kennedy. we hit a home run there and we are going to hit a home run here. step-by-step, we are making america great again. administration officials say the president has over the last few days interviewed seven candidates. he says he will announce his decision monday. liberal groups are already planning opposition, calling for protestant senators offices, warning that a trump appointee would mean major changes the laws governing health care and abortion. the president is evaluating judicial philosophies. shortly after the president s announcement, leaders from countries in the nato meet in brussels. the president continues criticizing countries has been less than the nato target of 2% of their economies on defense. that s the majority of nato
a big thank you to the u.s. navy for hosting us this week and also the entire community here in norfolk, virginia. france, make sure you send us your pictures. use the hashtag #proudamerican and your glasses and your red, white, and blue, hanging out with friends. we want to see those pictures and share them. back to you. jon: looks like fun. happy independence day to you. and a claimant. a new poll shows a drop in the number of americans who consider themselves extremely proud to be 147% of adults say they are extremely proud to be americans, that they record low in the 18 year history of asking. one in ten people say they are only a little or not at all proud. 2003 was a record year for patriotism with 70% of americans saying they were proud. up next, bret baier with a heroes story. beyond our borders tonight.
my father was the one who told us about molly corbin and would read the story to us. i asked my teacher, how come molly corbin is not in this textbook where she should be viewed as she was hero. she didn t know the answer. i hope that that changes because we need to give fuller recognition to what women have done. bret: corbin s monument was erected at west point 50 years before the first female cadets. for decades, she s served as a model of unflinching bravery and sacrifice for women in the u.s. military. a mother and former west point instructor, for her, corbin is a source of inspiration. two toddlers and very difficult and worried about them the thinking also about what i needed to do the rest of that day in order to lead and inspire