Hi im Steve Clements and i have a question is america an ally that can be trusted lets get to the bottom line. Ever since the United States adopted its america 1st stance nato has been lambasted crimeas annexation looks permanent south korea was told they should pay for the us bases in their country and theres a renewed attempt to get out of the socalled forever wars in the middle east so can anyone blame americas allies if theyre confused does anyone believe that the us will stand by them in their time of need is america 1st really mean america alone or in america on the sidelines of the big global challenges well were very fortunate today because we have 3 people in the room that have all d the answers to these questions kelly playhouses the executive editor of the american conservative magazine James Carafano works on National Security and Foreign Policy at the Heritage Foundation and richard fontayne heads the center for a new American Security great to have all of you with us here
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You listen to the president s rhetoric whether its on ukraine or talking about nato or talking to japan or south korea about doing more its almost a transactional arrangement you need to pay us to defend you well decide later if that security guarantee is is good if you buy a lot of weapons so should we bring something its a hit toward you to use words quid pro quo but that has a transactional dimension to it to show americans that theyre getting something out of these commitments well i guess i think not only is there an enormous enormous amount of continuity in our Alliance Structure and i would argue kelly thats because it works in the Alliance Structures sustain because people feel like theyre giving them value to your point i mean when the data ive looked at in the polling is nato is actually more popular no more americans and its actually more popular among conservatives so there isnt really a kind of a run away from europe attitude in the American Public that i mean thats what.
Lets check where we stand on this wild markets day stocks taking a dive in just the past few minutes, now down 130 points all the major indexes reversing at the tenyear yield hits its lows of the day. And that is a sign of worrisome growth ahead lets go to bob pisani hi, bob. Hello, tyler. Again, markets roughly tracking bond yields. Take a look at a chart weve shown a lot recently the intraday of the tenyear versus the stock market here we saw a program come through as yields dip below 1. 5 here weve been trading practically in lock step with those yields today. See the market here with the tenyear yield on the top there in the s p on the bottom this is an intraday. And pretty much moving in lock step i want to note two weak sectors today. Retailers are continuing to get slammed today. Macys gap, l brand, all down another 4 these all of them are down about 20 this month i want to highlight transports common theme here. Logistics and trucking like jb hunt and rooyder ryder, all wear to