Because they havent been fair to us. We want to have a great relationship with pakistan, but they house the enemy, they take care of the enemy. We just cant do that. So i look forward to meeting with the folks from and the new leadership in pakistan, well be doing that in the nottoodistant future. I ended the 1. 3 billion we paid, its like water, we just do it. And i ended the money to countries that dont even vote for us in the united nations. We give them billions and they dont even vote for us in the united nations. Its not all about the rich countries because the rich countries really do take advantage of us because they pay a very small percentage of their military and they cheat on trade. They take advantage of us on trade. Other than that theyre wonderful, okay. But there are countries that are poor that we will we dont want anything from them. We want to help them. There are some horrible things going on in the world. We want to help those people. We dont want money from them.
Im amman mo ha deny alongside jas nine ver s. U. Suvian. Is russia still targeting the u. S. , mr. President . We expect russia will continue to wage its information war against democracies. The whole russia thing. Its a hoax. Its a terrible hoax. Not only are the russians continued to do it in 2018, but weve seen an indication that theyre continuing to adapt their modem. The agreement says there will be total denuclearization. Nobody wants to report that. North korea will seek to retain its wmd capabilities. We have made a lot of progress that has not been reported by the media. From it is unlikely to completely give up its Nuclear Weapons and production capabilities. I ended the horrible week iran nuclear deal. Is iran currently providing the jcpoa in terms of their nuclear activities. At the moment technically they are in compliance. We have won against isis. Weve beaten them and beaten them badly. While isis is nearing territorial defeat, the group is returning to its gorilla roolt
Respect and also being cleareyed about both malign actors and strategic competitors are strongly held and informed by over four decades of immersion in these issues. Because you have the right to have a secretary of defense whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects, i believe it is right for me to step down from my position. The Washington Post greg sargent writes, mattis letter does not merely express substantive disagreement with trump. It also creeps right up to the edge of hinting that the degree to which trump is acting contrary to the National Interest is suspect. That analysis seems accurate when you consider this reaction from russian columnist Vladimir Frolov in the New York Times. Trump is gods gift that keeps on giving. Trump implements russias negative agenda by default, undermining the u. S. Led world order, u. S. Alliances, u. S. Credibility as a partner and an ally. All of this on his own. Russia can just relax and watch and root for trump, wh
As ken dilanian told us last month, you may be disappointed. Thats because the special counsel operates under rules that really restrict how much information can end up being made public. Were joined by nbc news justice correspondent Pete Williams and nbc News White House correspondent kristen welker. Pete, i want to start with you and talk us through the mechanics of this. How were going to learn that mueller has, in fact, completed his report and what happens from there. Well, our guidance here is the special counsel rules themselves. And what they say is when the special counsel has concluded his work, he presents a confidential report to the attorney general. So all signs are that and this is a picture of Robert Mueller demonstrating that he can actually drive himself to work today. This is an ap picture of him coming into work. But when hes done, hes going to present his report to barr. All signs point to that happening really any day now. We, frankly, have been expecting this for
Fighting back. The controversy over noncall heard around the world in sundays game, louisiana fighting back against the democratic governor filing a formal complaint and a big easy attorney suing to force the nfl to replay the final 2 minutes of the game. You will hear from him. Hello and welcome to fox news at night, i am Shannon Bream in washington. Began with Kristin Fisher following the very latest on the shutdown and with the president plans to do with the union address. Good evening. The stage is set for dueling votes on thursday, first is that will vote on President Trumps plan to reopen the government and if that does not pass, there is a good chance it will not pass because it requires 60 votes from a senate and they are only 52 republicans, then they said it would vote me democrats plan. Even if some democrats decide to vote for it and it does indeed pass, the Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell said there is no chance that it will get by the president. To be clear, the proposal