Right about that. Earlier this morning the president of the United States publicly hounded natos secretarygeneral, repeatedly disparaged germany and wondered aloud why america should be responsible for protecting europe against russia. Vladimir putin wants donald trump to break from American Allies. A few hours ago, that is exactly what he got. Wow. Welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday, july 11th. With us, msnbc contributor mike ba ba ba barniccal. And David Ignatius, nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of kasie d. C. On msnbc, kasie hunt and former u. S. Ambassador to nato and former state Department Spokesman nicholas burns, professor of diplomacy and International Relations at the Harvard Kennedy school of government. Great group to start with this morning, and, wow, what a start to the trip. What a start to the trip. And lets just play the clip. Heres donald trump actually doing exactly what Vladimir Putin would want him to do. Good morning. In many countries, they owe
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Chicago, IL - I just returned from eight days in Luzon, the largest island in the Philippines, where the capital, Manila, is located. For many years, the movement for national democracy in the Philippines has asked for international solidarity, including human rights defenders to aid them in their struggle for economic and political rights.
russia. they are an extraordinarily important, strategic ally of the united states of america against vladimir putin and his ambitions after he s invaded two countries in one decade. you would have no idea watching the president harang the nato secretary-general that today at this very minute there are nato forces fighting with the united states in afghanistan in a fight that we requested their help in, that they remain part of the coalition that s seeking to defeat isis. our terrorist ally. you would have no idea that that harang was directed at the people on whom we most depend for military support. that footage that you showed at the beginning of the show out to be nut a time capsule, because if people ask some day, how is it that the nato alliance, which