and durable solution to this conflict. let me spend a moment on that. i know that we have talk about that in a number of times this week, but there has been continued to be movement on the ground. as you know, ambassador khalilzad and his team have been in dha this week, and they have taken part in a couple of gatherings already, and today, they have taken part in a gathering of countries in the region and beyond as well as from the multi lateral organizations with a couple of roles in mind. number one, to press for a reduction of violence and a cease-fire, and number two, and this is important, a commitment on the part of those countries represented in those organizations that are rep sented in doha not to recognize any entity that takes control of afghanistan by force and not the recognize any force that seeks to take control of afghanistan
to which michael mcfaul the former u.s. ambassador to russia tweeted agreed. and they have other multi lateral organizations on their kill list. as to donald trump s decision to divert $3.6 billion in military funds to his border wall it turns out hundreds of millions of those dollars will be coming out of european defense. just security reports saved the redirected money, quote includes more than $770 million from an initiative started by the obama administration to shore up european defense after russia s invasion of ukraine in 2014. the cuts which include upgrades to airfields in slovakia ya, ammunition storage in poland and special operation forces in estonia come at a time when the trump administration is also withholding $250 million in military assistance to ukraine. when we come back malcolm nance will join us to discuss the exactly who is benefiting from the chaos that trump is exacerbating in europe and iran.
soon as you are ready and to make it clear to you that the united states supports the uk s decision to leave the eu and we re ready to build this economic relationship immediately. the u.s. naleid itor for the financial times tweeted no one should have the slightest doubt that trump-pence are trying to kill the european union and that putin is the chief beneficiary. to which michael mcfaul the former u.s. ambassador to russia tweeted agreed. and they have other multi lateral organizations on their kill list. oz to donald trump s decision to divert $3.6 billion in military funds to his border wall it turns out hundreds of millions of those dollars will be coming out of european defense. just security reports saved the redirected money, quote includes more than $770 million from an initiative started by the obama administration to shore up european defense after russia s invasion of ukraine in 2014.
might try to exploit a diplomatic rupture to unleash an attack. on to american allies, mike pence went to london where new prime minister boris johnson suffered a series of humiliating defeats this week after his own party rebelled against the plan for a hard brexit. boris johnson can always count on donald trump. he said you tell my friend prime minister boris johnson we re ready to go to work on the free trade agreement just as soon as you are ready and to make it clear to you that the united states supports the uk s decision to leave the eu and we re ready to build this economic relationship immediately. the u.s. naleid itor for the financial times tweeted no one should have the slightest doubt that trump-pence are trying to kill the european union and that putin is the chief beneficiary. to which michael mcfaul the former u.s. ambassador to russia tweeted agreed. and they have other multi lateral organizations on their
have the co-lifgts unwilling coalition of the unwilling. we can put up a list of the people you added to this group. there are, president trump with his america first policies, is very unilateralist in orientation, a lot of multi lateral organizations and alliances one strain the americans from our own national interests. there are a lot of other leaders in the world, for their own wroen, also reason also oppose u.s.-led multi lateral institutions. putin is obvious, kim jong-un, and it aly, erdogan in turkey. which means when trump is trying to say i want the united states to be first, and i m not going to give away on all of these other issues, these other countries, a lot of people are increasingly rooting him on. not flying under the same flag, but they have a common enemy. that does undermine ultimately