it came to countering russian aggressi aggression. when president obama came into office, firone of the firs trips he made was to moscow. secretary of state hillary clinton even famously presented her russian counterpart with a reset button. but remember, obama was dealing with then-president dmitry medvedev, not yet putin. it was relatively smooth sailing until president putin was re-elected in 2012. what s when obama signed the magnitsky act after sergei magnits magnitsky was killed in prison in russia. that cracked down on people accused of human rights violations, including some of the most senior people in russia and vladimir putin. in 2414 t014, the year russia ad crimea, obama administration
summit this morning. first up is a meeting on russian aggressi aggression. the president arriving to the meeting on russian aggression 30 minutes late. diplomats still reeling from the tirade against nato allies. the president accusing germany of being quote captive of russia. he called allies delinquent on spending. the president s tone leaving diplomats dumbfounded. one said the it is like the world has gone crazy. trump demanding countries double their defense spending. we now turn to diplomatic editor nic robertson with more. it is not like there are monthly dues to be in the club. reporter: he has.
30 minutes past the hour. let s start in brussels. the president back at the nato summit. the meeting focused on russian aggression. the president arrived 30 minutes late to the meeting with russian aggressi aggression. diplomats reeling from the tirade against nato allies. the president, as you know, accused germany of being captive of russia. he called nato members delinquent on nato spending insisting they increase it immediately. one diplomat told cnn it is like the world has gone crazy. we spoke to michael birnbaum last hour who made this observation. he has taken a confrontational approach when on camera and on twitter. apparently when he is met in the closed-door meetings, he is calmer and more polite and generally accepting of the basic principles of nato than he is in
welcome to early start. i m christine romans. i ll dave briggs. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. 10:00 a.m. in london. we are live there straight ahead. we start with the president back at the nato summit. first up the meeting on the russian aggression. the president arrived 30 minutes late to a meeting focused on russian aggression. diplomats reeling from the tirade against nato allies. the president accused germany of being quote captive of russia. he called nato members delinquent on defense spending and insisted they increase it immediately. one senior diplomat telling cnn it is like the world has gone crazy. trump s performance was beyond belief. he demand countries double defense spending. let s get more from diplomatic editor nick nic robertson.