peace in the region since the cold war. >> chris cuomo, thank you very much. to our viewers, tune in later tonight, 9:00 p.m. eastern. i'm wolf blitzer, thanks for watching. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. "outfront" next, trump at war, fighting multiple battles with allies around the world. can the damage be undone? plus mocking victims of sexual harassment, peddling conspiracy theories about the vaccines, audio from the wife of bill shai, white house communications director and top trump aide. thai cave rescue. diver that oversaw the operation is my guest tonight. good evening, i'm erin burnett.

trump at war. going to battle with some of america's closest allies. battleground, brussels, site of the nato summit. first target germany, world leaders sitting down for breakfast, cup of coffee and cameras rolling. president trump fires first shot, slamming germany over a gas pipeline from russia. here's what he said. >> germany, as far as i'm concerned, is captive to russia, getting so much of its energy from russia. >> captive of russia? it's a stunning way to begin the summit that traditionally begins with small talk, niceties and is about unity. didn't stop there. another target, european union itself. tweeting on the way to brussels. european union makes it impossible for our farmers, workers and companies to do business in europe. also blasting european countries

for not doing their fair share of military spending. >> many countries owe us tremendous amount of money from years back, delinquent as far as i'm concerned because united states has had to pay for them. >> one senior european diplomat telling cnn it's the world gone crazy. trump's performance beyond belief. eliciting interesting reaction from chief of staff john kelly. white house trying to explain the reaction. he was quote displeased because expecting a full breakfast and there were only pastries and cheese. that's hard to make up right? show you the picture, sums up part of the summit. u.s. allies together looking one way, president trump looking the other. sometimes a picture can say so much. not just europe, president battling america's neighbors, slamming mexico for not stopping

immigrants from crossing the border. also the fight over paying for trump's wall, never ends, and issue with the border to the north, slapping hefty tariffs on what is longest land border in the world, closest ally of the united states and canada is retaliated. if you want evidence how much that has frayed, president trump walking past justin trudeau, don't even look at each other. amazing. you saw it. tit for tat with china, largest trading partner with united states, now a trade war, administration preparing for another round of tariffs on chinese goods, sending market down more than 200 points today. show you the map, these are the countries that right now president trump is waging biggest battles against. altogether represent 2/3 of

american foreign trade. when you look at map of earth, there's a big land mass not covered here, you're right. russia. russia, representing 0.0006% of american trade. russia meddled in the u.s. election, according to the president's own intelligence chiefs, vladimir putin is doing it again in this election. but president himself won't stop singing putin's praises ahead of their summit days away. >> will president trump be prepared -- you know president putin is kgb and this and that. you are know what, putin is fine, he's fine, we're all fine, we're people. will i be prepared? totally prepared. i think i could have a very good relationship with russia and president putin, if i did would be a great thing. if putin likes donald trump, i consider that an asset, not a

liability. >> is the president picking battles wisely? battles with 2/3 of american trade and .0006%? live in brussels, jeff start with this morning at the table. president trump came out you s nato, pompeo, and ambassador, john kelly's reaction, how are administrative officials reacting to what the president said? >> reporter: could see the expression on the faces this morning. that was at breakfast before the meetings even started. john kelly of course is longtime four-star marine general. he clearly may have been uncomfortable by the language by the look on his face. white house of course offering no apologies at all, president clearly coming to brussels to make the case they believe the

other countries are not doing enough. singling out germany seemed to be doing so much more than that. vladimir putin of course is not here in brussels, russia is not part of nato but boy is the russian president hanging over the meeting, looming over it largely. clear in the conversation that the president was having about angela merkel. he sue her later, face-to-face, more smiles and talking about trade, but fact that president singled out germany, continuing of the trump doctrine of undermining and upending years and decades of democratic led coalitions after world war ii. making no apologies about it, america first agenda. but as it relates to putin, you got the sense that the president was perhaps trying to offer up a bit of confusion, germany is close to russia, u.s. is not.

president stung by accusation he's too soft on vladimir putin. we'll find all that out on monday when he meets with putin in helsinki. erin. >> thanks jeff. "outfront" now, former u.s. ambassador, former assistant secretary of homeland security and former adviser to four presidents. trump's antagonism to u.s. allies, and others, other situations going on, north korea, et cetera. but 2/3 of u.s. trade, president has trade wars or other battles going on right now. is this causing lasting damage to u.s. relationships or is it all different because it's trump? >> i don't think there's any doubt this earth shaking approach, effort to bring a hammer to nato is going to cause

a lot of consternation not just during the trump presidency but after it. going to be asking is donald trump an aberration or where america is heading. if they have any sense america is heading down path of retreat from nato, they're going to be afraid. in latvia, worried about russians coming in and realized that united states already allowed crimea to be meddled with, you're going to feel very vulnerable. every nation for itself. we're going to be in one hell of a mess. >> ambassador burns? one hell of a mess? >> sure was. i felt that the president treated nato allies almost with contempt today, picking fights with germany, demanding they

reach defense spending levels now, not by 2024, agreed date. then 2% is not good enough, raise budgets by 4%. wasn't even remotely serious. it's important we don't normalize this. first american president since well before harry truman to not believe that nato is central to american national security interests. what made us great is military alliances last 75 years, ability to trade, keep a worldwide trading system together and promote democracy around the world. the president is doing none of that, in fact he's overturning all of that. radical revolution and it's hurting america. you saw that today. >> use the word contempt, hear the ambassador use that, we saw u.s. allies, the leaders walked out together. some just pictures that happen how they happen. but macron, trudeau, walking out

together. this is the group. in the back is president trump walking next to turkish president erdogan, authoritarian dictator, accused of all sorts of violations, trying to change turkey's constitution, giving himself vast powers, arresting political opponents and purging them from their jobs. jailing dozens of journalists, could go on and on. was that purposeful message to choose to walk with erdogan? >> likely yes. i think that's trump's comfort level, to be around what he perceives as strong men, men who take power in countries, whether in turkey or russia and destroy democracies. turkey wasn't always this way. five years ago, seven years ago, well on the way to being a vibrant democracy, that has all been destroyed.

also not -- it's an irony that erdogan has put in his son or son-in-law as one of the top advisers, similar to what trump has done. final point, we have a tendency to view nato as foreign policy, good for europe. but remember why we have military bases in nato countries or intelligence apparatus that shares among all the countries or law enforcement and trade, it is to protect the homeland, the united states. more we can deal with threats away from our shores, we benefit. question now isn't whether it's -- whether nato is undermined, absolutely yes, the question is whether this is permanent. i will just say, i don't know, after today, i don't know. >> it's pretty incredible thing we're even having this conversation. want to play again the reaction of president trump's own staff

when he made those comments, specifically about germany and russia, germany under the control of russia. >> germany is totaled controlled by russia because they're getting 60% to 70% of their energy from russia and new pipeline. you tell me if that's appropriate, because i think it's not, very bad thing for nato. >> you saw the chief of staff john kelly, eyes sort of rolled back. looked in pain or discomfort. again, could be catching at bad moment. but sarah huckabee sanders said to the "washington post," and excuse she gave, stuff you can't make up. kelly displeased, expecting full breakfast and only pastries and clear. kelly knows perfectly well that's what you get for breakfast in europe. that's absurd, i don't believe i have to say that.

serious? >> i thought he was out of line, i don't care if chief of staff or dog catcher working for him. owe it to the president to be respectful, especially in public. but if this is the way he responds to public, seen this eye rolling or head in hands before with general kelly, can only imagine the private sessions with him describing what is going on in the white house. >> ambassador burns, you also have capitol hill weighing in, top democrats in senate, minority leader nancy pelosi with joint statement, denigration of one of america's most steadfast allies, behavior is another disturbing signal he's more loyal to president putin than to nato allies. not just the democrats. top republican paul ryan also defended nato. here he is. >> i ascribe to the view we

shouldn't be criticizing the president overseas but couple of things, nato is indispensable. >> what do you say about that? defense of nato from paul ryan but didn't criticize the president for slamming nato. >> there was a resolution passed by senate 98-2 last evening submitted by senator jack reed from rhode island expressing support for nato. they were worried about the meeting from the beginning, president trump telegraphing he was going to lay a big punch on the allies. i think nato is going to survive this. too much support in congress and american people. but done damage to credibility. biggest issue in europe is not summit but antidemocratic populists taken over in hungary

and poland and inside -- he's siding against democratic leaders, trying to undercut merkel. that has the europeans most nervous about this president. >> go ahead please. >> sorry. >> just a final word here. >> go ahead. i'll just say quickly, one thing, talking about russia, big meeting next week. the silent beneficiary of course is china as many comment. just sit there, markets love reliability and trump promised unreliability. so the beneficiary in the end isn't just putin but china. >> thank you all so very much. next, paul manafort's jail treatment, vip, private living

unit, work space, laptop, doesn't have to wear a jumpsuit. why? plus stunning new audio tonight. >> just a story with women upset sexually harassed in the military. what do you think is going to happen in a submarine for 12 months with 4,000 horny soldiers? >> that's the wife of bill shine, former fox executive, roger ailes defender, now top communications person for donald trump in the white house. and the diver who helped rescue from day one, now telling his story "outfront." touch shows how we really feel. but does psoriasis ever get in the way? embrace the chance of 100% clear skin with taltz. up to 90% of those with moderate to severe psoriasis had a significant improvement of their psoriasis plaques.

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lawyers call these descriptions inaccurate. democratic senator from rhode island, sheldon whitehouse on the committee. appreciate your time tonight. paul manafort, obstruction of justice charges, conspiracy to obstruct justice, bank fraud, lobbying issues, trying to talk to witnesses sway them before trial. what is your reaction to what is described as vip treatment in jail, do you think it's fair? >> in all the years i was a prosecutor, i never quarrelled with the corrections officials' decisions for treatment of prisoners. i don't know if this is connected to bob mueller to doj and fbi or determination of whoever is in charge of the

incarceration facilitimey. couldn't say. >> if they're okay with it, you're okay? >> i assume it's done in the regular course. doesn't run up temperature to know it's happening. >> ask you about something that happened today in senate, senate confirming brian benczkowski to lead criminal division for the doj. worked for alpha bank, tied to russia, putin. came under fbi scrutiny and initially failed to disclose this. do you have concern whether he should be leading the justice department criminal division? >> this does run up my temperature a bit. you have to understand how important the position is in the department of justice and how unbelievably unqualified he is for the position. never been a prosecutor, tried a

case, argued a motion. having virtually never been in a courtroom. if you're trying to figure out why somebody like that would be there, the obvious answer is that as the chief of the criminal division, he will have visibility into the mueller investigation whenever that investigation needs the requisite approvals from the investigative and prosecutive - steps they must take. and he has the ability to delay or deny approvals. in a position not just to peer into the mueller investigation but also to interfere with it. when you look at efforts that the house to try to peer into the mueller investigation through the so-called house investigation, and president's effor efforts interfere and impede the investigation, idea that this

appointee is not qualified, put in for third reason, hard to swallow. we have to watch this like a hawk. significant chance he's there to be a clandestine back channel to recused attorney general for whom he worked for years or to the trump team. this is something to watch. >> that's really significant things you're saying. but i have to ask you, rod rosenstein is technically overseeing the investigation and backing benczkowski, he said earlier this year he was highly qualified and complained that the confirmation was taking so much time. why do you think rosenstein, who should have the worries you have, doesn't? why is he wrong? >> i don't know if he is, on the one hand you have to pick your fights. if benczkowski is the attorney general and president's pick, not rod rosenstein's job to

quarrel about that. also the one person in position to make sure that benczkowski doesn't create this kind of trouble. unfortunately haven't received assurances about the safeguards to be in place, alfa bank or restrictions around it, recusal or getting benczkowski recused in these matters. >> before we go, i want to ask about a "washington post" report tonight about the president's selection for supreme court, brett kavanaugh, reporting that judge piled up thousands of dollars of debt, tens of thousands, buying baseball tickets. financial disclosure forms show carried significant credit card debt for more than a decade, paid off in last years but

that's his record. does it matter to you? >> not very much. what matters to me more than anything is the secretive process of special interest approvals, moderated by federalist society that got him there. the terrible pattern of five to four partisan decisions by the supreme court, two dozen now, that seem always to come down on behalf of big republican special interest groups. and the unbelievable circle of special interest group so-called amici, friends of the court. that surround the court and feed the party line from the big republican donors. that whole context is a much bigger problem than this man's individual settled debts. >> thank you very much senator whitehouse for your time this evening. "outfront" next, cnn uncovering new audio from the wife of trump's top

communications guy in the white house, bill shine. about women sexually harassed in the military. >> what do you think is going to happen when you go on a submarine for 12 months with 4,000 horny solders? i hate to say it, but it's true. they should not even be allowed. republicans in lock step tonight, rallying around congressman jim jordan about allegations he ignored serious and serial sexual abuse allegations. should they wait until the investigation is over?

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>> exact same thing i've said. because it's true. >> why do you think -- saying you did not. >> more and more every day. >> pushing back on allegations he knew of sexual abuse during his time at ohio state university. new political weight, backing of republican leaders on capitol hill. >> jim jordan is a friend of mine, not always agreed with each other over the years but always a man of honesty and integrity. also want to make sure that ohio state conducts the review of the doctor and what he did. >> political machine has been activated. >> allegations -- anyone, until proven, they're not real, simple as that. >> allies on and off the hill rallying around him, extensive and coordinated effort to fight back. >> jim is one of the most

ethical guys up here. >> vouching for his character. >> we're sticking with jim jordan, he's an honest guy, we're with him. >> attempting to discredit the men now speaking out. >> i think probably the most troubling part of this i know, you've got something that happened almost three decades ago, accuser, who has a less than stellar reputation. >> and delegitimize the allegations. >> this is a malicious attack on his character. >> by who? >> i'm sorry? >> by who? >> the parties involved, you know the case as well as i do. >> all while baselessly speculating about political motivations about the allegations as jordan -- to be next speaker of the house. >> junior back bench of of low profile i don't believe the

accusations would have been made or given credibility in the media. >> off capitol hill, well-known pr firm adding, stand with jim jordan, testimonials from former wrestlers and coaches at ohio state university backing him up. >> how do you feel about the support of your colleagues? >> great. >> but stand in stark contrast to mounting allegations against him. fifth former wrestler at ohio state said jordan knew. there's no doubt in my mind he knew, the wrestler told cnn on tuesday. >> so you have seen all the overflow of people coming to his defense in the gop before they have any resolution to the investigation. what's next for jordan? >> immediate future is a question of when jim jordan sits

down with the osu investigators leading the investigation into the doctor. he told me this week that's something he's working with investigators to do, potentially could happen as early as this week. long-term there's considerable questions about his political standing on capitol hill, political influence. it is notable you have a lot of republican voices coming out in last 48, 72 hours, voicing their support of jim jordan. we'll continue watching that. seems like he's on solid ground at the moment in his party. but we'll watch especially in addition to if there are more allegations to uncover. >> thanks for that report. now a cnn exclusive. we have new audio unearthed by kay file which reveals shocking commentary by darla shine. you know her husband, bill

shine, former fox news executive, now part of the white house. deputy chief of staff for communications. in this clip from a radio show in 2009, darla shine mocks female soldiers dealing with sexual harassment. i'll going to play it so you hear entire audio. >> i'm sexist, i don't think that girls should play on the boys high school team, i don't think that girls should be -- i think it's insanity feminists are stupid enough to fight to go to combat. are you kidding me? why would you ever want -- let the men go die in the front lines. why would you want to die in the front lines? >> yep. >> you have to be an idiot. why on earth fight to go on submarine ship for months on end. just a story with girls -- women upset sexually harassed in the military. what do you think is going to happen when you go on a submarine for 12 months with

4,000 horny soldiers? i hate to say it, but it's true. they should not even be allowed. top military should say no way, you're not allowed. but you know, the feminists have fought for these rights, it's so stupid, i don't know why anybody would want that. >> neither white house or darla shine has responded to requests for comment, but this matters. you may remember that bill shine, darla's husband, well named in at least four lawsuits or allegations related to sexual harassment and racial discrimination at the fox network. he was not accused of doing that but covering up for others, including fox news chairman roger ailes. now shine denies all wrongdoing. go to margaret hoover, political

commenter and contributor, and known the key parts. margaret, your reaction? >> you know, thanks erin. i did know bill shine. part of the team that hired me in 2007 at fox news. i was contributor there for four years. here's what i'm going to say, important to keep this in mind. i've been outspoken standing up for my friend gretchen carlson and some of the behavior that happened at fox news that was inappropriate that i think bill shine knew about and was party to. darla shine is a private citizen, she's no the the white house deputy spokesperson. we have to be really careful in criticisms of holding individuals account for their spouse's words, because is he

isn't in the white house, giving president trump advice. he should be on the firing line if anybody should, not his wife. >> rob, what do you think? you've known bill shine for a decade. >> i agree with margaret. i would not hold whatever sins we're trying to put on darla on to bill shine or white house. by the way, i listened to the clip, read entire transcript from a lot of different shows on the website, talking about vaccinations and all these things, you have to read them in totality. even in -- >> antivaccinations right? not going to even say controversial. >> now you're jumping the shark. >> not related to sexual harassment at all. >> in all of things, a hint of poking fun, come on, befo before #metoo movement, maybe ahead of her time.

there's nothing funny about sexual harassment at all but her opinion about women not in confined spaces for prolonged period of time in military. but that's not issue. bill shine in the white house, i have no problem with that. he and her, words. lot of people voted for hillary clinton or donald trump in the same household, hopefully still talking. >> her views, we hear them. then look at her husband, bill shine, gretchen carlson, who you mentioned, accused his former boss roger ailes of sexual harassment, shine quit the network. many view it as matter of fact that he was there to protect ailes in part from allegations over the years. is this attitude towards victims

a pattern we're seeing? >> eminently reasonable conversation to have within the context of bill shine and his behavior and history, professional history, what happened at fox news, what his role with roger ailes was and lawsuits. maybe could get carlson and other women on the record. lot of people have had very good -- i want to say -- interactions with bill shine over the years. one of the cool heads of the network who helped keep the ship level. in context of a trump white house, tumultuous, president very up and down, we all know tv networks, cool heads keep a steady ship. that is an effect that bill shine had at fox news internally. with very dynamic and very up and down personalities between the talent and executives. probably playing a good role there.

however there are real questions if you're concerned about the attitude towards women institutionalized and accepted at fox news, should have the same questions about the way the white house is going to work. totally fair game but i think should be separate from any comments a private citizen made married to her. >> why darla shine reportedly retweeted attack on carlson, then deleted it. carlson responded to it. her husband left fox she jumped in to defend him. took it upon herself to do that, is that not relevant? >> darla? you're talking about? >> yeah. >> i would hope she would defend her husband. knows him well. i know bill shine as professional, very good person. i was not at fox, never employed there. wasn't there day-to-day basis but obviously did a good job

professionally. with a lot of lawsuits and corporations and government, as county executive, had lawsuits every day, i was named in all of them because i was at top. i had no idea about any of these things or people. sometimes people get caught up in things with nothing to do with it. >> at fox it was pervasive and bill was integrated enough into the workings of roger ailes, he knew about the chaos, cases, no way he didn't know. we know he didn't no because named in all the cases. >> everyone could be named in everything. >> that's not the case here. >> no criminal charges, be clear. >> do you really think he had no idea? >> who knows? >> is it appropriate for a person who did what shine did to be working in the white house? for a person accused of harassing and assaulting women?

>> he's accused. there's accusations every day. that's the part of all of society we've got to be very careful about right now. accusations can ruin people, companies, families, lot of things. and -- >> some of those cases including ones i know, people who said what happened, other people in the room saw what happened. may not have gone to court but not accusations, some of this stuff. tired of people acting lying it didn't. >> i wasn't there, you weren't there, margaret wasn't -- >> i was actually. >> i know people in the room subject to it and another who saw it happen. i do know that. >> instead of nailing somebody to the cross, we know no criminal charges, fox is doing internal investigation. >> fired roger ailes and bill o'reilly and paid out gretchen carlson and admitted to epidemic that existed culturally at their

network and bill shine resigned in that scrum. >> resign, not fired. >> you're trying to obfuscate what we know about facts and fox news. don't say the man is unfairly impugned. you're right we have to be careful. don't want backlash against men who are innocent. but different here, we have real facts and independent outside voices looking at circumstances. we know that culture was corrupted, backwards, they have admitted and gone to change. let's not mix the waters. >> just saying, something to be careful with with people's reputations. >> i think we all three agree on that. >> you're right. >> thank you. next, diver who thought the mission to rescue the 12 boys trapped in the cave was a quote, suicide mission. he was overseeing it, talking

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new tonight, we have dramatic video just coming in of the daring rescue operation, the incredible and inspirational one in which 12 boys were saved along with their soccer coach after being trapped in that cave for 17 days. this video comes from the thai navy s.e.a.l.s, and it shows the boys on stretchers, being pulled to safety. we're also getting the first images now of the boys recovering in that hospital where they were, of course, taken immediately because they were worried about issues with their immune systems. their families having to look through glass, crying as they see them, but not able to actually touch them yet. "outfront" now, ben reminants. i appreciate your time. you were along with the whole world so worried about this. you had talked about it as a possible suicide mission. now you see the videos of these boys waving from their hospital beds, not yet able to embrace their families.

but they're there in those beds. what's your reaction? sounds like ben is not hearing me. we're going to try to get him back. but in the meantime, we do have a piece so you can see a little bit more of these boys tonight, and matt rivers is "outfront" with that. >> reporter: for the first time, video released from inside the cave of one of the most daring rescues of all time. you can see how muddy the water is as divers disappear under the surface, diving, swimming, and trekking miles into the cave through darkness, they reached the boys. and then the hard work begins. loaded on two stretch everers, one by one, over three anxious days, they're dragged across sharp, jagged floors. on times they're pulled on top

of the tube suck water out of the cave, part of the pumping operation that made this rescue possible in the first place. where it's too steep, pictures show the boys hoisted through the air, a pulley system attached to a hanging structure. below, rushing water makes for a swift current under foot, illuminated by rescue headlamps. it's all incredibly dangerous. flooded passageways the definition of peril, heartbreakingly illustrated with the death of a former navy thai s.e.a.l. he died after bringing oxygen supplies into the cave just days before the rescue began. his navy s.e.a.l. brothers carried on their mission in his name, diving, swimming, and carrying the exhausted kids and their coach for hours until they could make it out far enough for initial medical treatment. a final picture shows the last eerily illuminated steps, heroes freeing the team from their subterranean prison. >> translator: this unit is not only with chiang rai, thailand, it's a global unit.

this incident was more than a life-saving mission. it's gone yonds that. it is the unity of all nationalities. >> the boys and their coach weak, health by but recovering. some of them seen for the first time in this video from inside the isolation ward of a chiang rai hospital. one flashes a peace sign. others stand and talk. some make the sign for i love you with their hands, likely aimed at their parents on the other side of the glass. the doctors won't let them hug their kids for a few days yet, but the mere sight of them, the first time in 18 horrific days is enough to elicit tears of joy. this improbable reunion thanks to the bravery and the skill of the rescuers, the men who delivered the good news the whole world wanted to hear. and something worth noting here is that the video that was given to us of the rescue by the thai government doesn't include the points where the divers had to bring the kids and their coach underneath the water in order to get them out. those interest parts the rescuers say were the most

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tonight, "american idiot, clo a 14-year-old song by green day is climbing the charts ahead of president trump's visit, and it's not by accident. here is jeanne moos. >> reporter: it's not nice to suggest the president of the united states is an american idiot, but british critics are trying to make this 14-year-old song by green day -- ♪ -- number one in britain. ♪ don't want to be an american idiot ♪ >> just in time for president trump's visit to the uk, the campaign to make american idiot great again asks how cool would it be to have this as a uk number one. are you in? enough were in on amazon uk to make the song number one, though on the most prestigious official

singles chart, american idiot has been bouncing up and down in the high teens and low 20s. it's been fighting a soccer song. ♪ football's coming home >> ramping up support for england in the world cup until england lost. back in 2004, "american idiot" was seen as targeting president george w. bush and the media after the invasion of iraq. ♪ information nation hysteria >> reporter: but now the song's title has been plastered on a mockup of melania's jacket joining the trump baby balloon in a one-two humor punch aimed at embarrassing president trump. wow, a song and a balloon? that will teach him, tweeted an unimpressed commenter. but long before critics started using "american idiot" to insult him, donald trump gave it a rave review. ♪ back in 2010, donald and melania trump attended opening night of the broadway musical "american

idiot" which trump called an amazing theatrical experience, maybe less amazing if american idiot is now directed at you ♪ don't want to be an american idiot ♪ >> jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> and thanks for joining us. "ac 360" with anderson starts now. it's like the world gone crazy this morning. trump's performance was beyond belief. good evening, everyone. that quote is from a senior european diplomat talking to cnn about the nato summit in brussels and what the president said there today. now, this diplomat we should point out is not alone. the western allies have been talking about it. the russians vietnam be talking about it. the world, and tonight so will we. yet as shocking as it may be to our allies, as troubling as it is to some lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, it should not be surprising whether voters at the time gave it much credence. what happened today in brussels is what donald trump campaigned on. he said