fact. we have a national security interest in peace in europe. europe is one of our greatest trading partners. as a whole, our greatest trading partner. we again fit from peace. if we don t have nato in place, there could be war. we know what that looks like. world war one and world war ii. peace through strength an idea that ronald reagan talked about is in america s national interest irrespective of how much germany spends on defense budget. i m for increasing the spending, president trump just doesn t understand what alliances are about and he demonstrated that in that speech in montana. on top of that, malcolm, he seems to view vladimir putin as a, a potential friend of his personally, and almost someone he would take advice on. this is donald trump on fox news june 14 how he would speak with putin if he met with him
yes, number one, my constituents, i would think, overwhelmingly are saying study this and make sure you make a judgment that is based upon the facts as you receive them. others are saying, of course, don t go to war. we don t want to go to war. they still look at this in the background of iraq. and i know it s a difficult i ve been in congress 15 years. any time we have had these decisions, it s been a tough decision. kosovo was tough. i voted for going to kosovo but we had nato with us then. we don t have nato now and we don t have the arab league and we don t have the u.n. so i don t see where that coalition is coming from. i d like to hear from the administration in regards the ultimate results that took place as a result of the g-20 meeting. yes, i ve been hearing from the administration. i m here in d.c. today to i attended a classified hearing