if you click on the following for the us to handle every which. part of it find us on facebook and on com. this is. from berlin tonight the trump whiplash the u.s. president threatens to leave the alliance hours later he declares nato. winning big spending increases from nato members he then flew to britain where more controversy away after trump said the british people might not get the breaks that

they voted for. also coming up a thrilling and historic win for croatia in the second final of the. striker mario . scored the winning goal against england in. his team's two one victory. and endless night of celebration. it's good to have you with us it was arguably the most divisive summit in nato sixty nine year history and today it ended with as much turmoil as it began u.s. president donald trump spent most of the two days lambasted nato members for not spending enough on defense especially germany or this morning after an emergency session at nato reaffirmed his commitment to the ally and he said that his allies had all agreed to increase their budget contributions.

nato secretary general may have the hammer but it's donald trump who set the agenda before the summit he repeated his demand to members of the alliance to spend more on defense after a special meeting at trump's request the u.s. president presented himself as the one who had gained the upper hand they have substantially up there. and now we're very happy to have a very very powerful very very strong nato much stronger than it was two days ago has the u.s. president successfully put pressure on the others french president emanuel mcconnell says trump has not threatened to withdraw from the alliance the german chancellor minced her words. i can only summarize this result in light of the changing security conditions all nato members are prepared to make their own contributions. by. germany aims to boost defense

spending levels to around one point five percent of g.d.p. by twenty twenty four whether this figure will rise further is unclear. going by the discussion of many european allies here and not just the us we must continue to ask our can contribute further dignified to trump is visiting britain then he heads to helsinki to meet russian president vladimir putin nato partners will be watching closely to see what unfolds. well i'm joined tonight by young ted shell with the german marshall fund of the united states mr tensional is an author and foreign policy analyst who has worked at the german defense ministry as well as with nato he had a front row seat at the nato summit in brussels mr social it's good to have you back on the show maybe you can help us find some clarity truck declared victory today saying that everyone had agreed to his demands for spending four percent of

g.d.p. on defense but that is not what we are hearing from other leaders what is the truth the truth is that of course four percent was not agreed at the summit what we have seen is a classic trump in a sense we have seen a president who has escalated the negotiations and the proceedings really of the summit on that second day today and in order to increase pressure on the other allies and threatening even to basically withdraw the united states from the alliance and there was this kind of zero gravity moment today at the summit you know for all those present that was you know a moment where everybody thought ok you know is this the kind of show that we've all expected is that ending but in reality what has been agreed as is as pretty much you know what everybody has agreed to already when you look at the communique the declaration the actual tangible outcome of the summit reaffirming the two percent spending goal from twenty fourteen and that is the official line of nato

tonight trump maintains that more defense spending is necessary to make nato a fairer alliance and with that in mind of what you take a listen to what german chancellor angela merkel said today about the reasons for increasing spending. when you twenty in this we began making changes long ago we're doing this for us soldiers but also of course for the alliance we're also doing this in light of an altered security situation the need for it was made particularly commit by the attack on ukraine and the annexation of crimea. now there we see americal intro see very different things and you've written mr tesh i'll bet not since the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's is anyone got nato was wrong as donald truong was the missing. i think he's missing that a couple of things first of all the role of the united states and europe you know

this is a strategic role this is a role that is good both for the u.s. and for the europeans it is a stabilizing force also in european politics and has been there since the one nine hundred fifty s. and he you know does not see the fragility of the the political agreement of the of the a queer librium of power in europe and how crucial his own country is to it and then of course the other thing that he doesn't see is that a strategic security guarantee and that is what article five of nato is and that is issued essentially by the americans as the strongest ally must come on conditionally it cannot be turned into a transactional kind of security carrot where you pay for protection because then it loses its credibility and this is something that not only the europeans the allies see that it's also something that you know will be seen in russia and which will be very closely and interestedly observed also in beijing you know this is something that matters that you know credibility and trust are the key currencies a such an alliance money is also important but these other two things reigns

supreme and if you kind of ignore them you're doing to the damage to the alliance without even knowing it the u.s. president gives the impression that meeting at least the two percent go would be clearly in the interest of the united states but what about europe's interest especially after trump is no longer president. it is strongly in the european interest to do more and there is no excuse why european countries should not pay two percent we have to be very clear that you know two percent is actually when compared to the other options that europe has a fairly cheap way of guaranteeing security if for example the americans left you know and abandoned europe and withdrew the security guarantees two percent is not what europeans will be spending it will be far more so they need to consider what's in their own interest the bottom line here is that two percent defense spending is in europe's interest it is in the security interest of the europeans it's not that to do trump a favor even though donald trump has kind of frame that this way for his home

audience and now the europeans have to make that bold step and actually explain to their audiences back home why it is actually in their interest because the need for it given the strategic situation in europe is quite clearly that would you agree with me mr shell that there's a subtext here when we when we hear truong you know lashing out or here's a brief demands and that subtext is that it is up to america to decide if europe is still worthy of a security umbrella. i mean i think there's a grain of truth in this of course but probably not in the way that he means it ultimately of course the u.s. security guarantee comes because washington makes a decision that it is in the u.s. interest to protect europe that has always been the case that's been the case since nato came into existence in one thousand nine hundred nine and so you know it's always america that kind of calls the shots and that is the biggest and most important player here the way that he means it of course as i can do whatever i want you guys you know you just have to basically swallow what i have down to you

and that is of course not the kind of rhetoric and the kind of attitude that you bring to an alliance and so you know what on the one hand is a political reality on the other hand needs very very you know tender of political attention and you know a very sophisticated diplomatic approach and the language that president trump chooses he destroys the kind of trust that is so central for any kind of military alliance especially nato i was struck with potential today that it was donald trump who announced these improvements in spending and he did that won't and you know i was wondering what happened in that room during that emergency session do you think that something like a i don't know some type of. place behind closed doors where he gave an ultimatum either you show was the money or we may show native the door. i think this is the way that he portrays that quite clearly what we heard on the sidelines of the summit as observers was that he threatened to you know basically

go it alone as he phrased it if european partners and allies were not going to two percent by the end of the year and people were then you know in that in that emergency session that you're mentioning we're wondering and trying to find out what that actually meant spending actual spending by the end of the year or a spending plan by the end of the year because budgets for this year obviously are made everywhere so you know there was a feverish kind of attempt to interpret this correctly and find out what he actually meant and he saw this of course as the kind of situation he likes to be and i mean he is then at the center of attention everybody's kind of dealing with him and looking at him and then afterwards you know he basically went out and said you know everything's fine everything's all right i was victorious everybody is spending when in reality nothing much of the fundamentals has changed this is a curious situation and it is without any kind of precedent or nato history. with the german marshall fund of the united states joining us tonight from brussels mr attention always always we appreciate your insights thank you thank you very much.

now from brussels the u.s. president traveled on to what he called hot spot britain his trip coincides with what is already a difficult week for u.k. prime minister to resign may she suffered a number of key resignations over her handling of britain's exit from the european union triumph adding fuel to the fire by weighing in on that issue and just minutes ago trump kicked off his four day u.k. visit with a black tie. and blowing them palace near the city of oxford he and first lady. were welcomed by shisha may during trump's visit the two leaders are expected to talk about a bilateral trade deal other topics films but more than one hundred protests across the country during mr trump's visit. or two of those protests are scheduled to take place in london tomorrow we spoke with

a march organizer a key player in the opposition green party. jenison you know one of the organizers of the tram protests here in london there are starting slowly today and coming to that culmination tomorrow so what's your problem was trump. things to stop problem is even the americans in london you have a problem with trump it's the way that he's been treating refugees it's the threat that he presents to the climate and i want to put out of the paris climate change agreement it's really talking about pulling out of nato as well as the threat to all security he is possibly the most dangerous man in the world right now in terms of the potential damage that he could do so what we're saying is that it's not appropriate to come in the current climate with everything you're doing here demanding recognition and respect we want to show you that we oppose what you're standing for this isn't a personal thing it's about what he is threatening to do to the whole planet so he is also somebody who says the brakes it is a very good idea to get ahead with it so what's your take on that he shouldn't

mingle should teach the shouldn't interfere should meet now he's got himself into a bit of a mess clearly he's been saying things about the government being in shambles and then his ambassador is trying to backtrack and say it's all ok and trying to repair the relations now the reality is our government is a total shambles i would. you know a third of the cabinet has left since the beginning of the year this is not a government with any authority with any credibility as making a real mess of the bricks in negotiations is not making things any better by waiting and is making things a lot worse for the country you know a time when the country really needs all the support that it can get so what are your plans to annoy trump here there's going to be the trump balloon this giant baby and there are lots of other plans to sort of tell him that you are there and that you oppose him there are many many plans going to be a carnival summer is going to be a celebration i think what people really need right now is hope what we're getting from trump is a lot of fear a lot of concern about the future and what people need to know is that there is no

alternative as an alternative voice saying very loudly very clearly that we can tackle climate change actually saying that climate change is a reality that we need to tackle in. no it's that saying that we want to welcome refugees we want to welcome bygones we don't think that splitting up families desperate children who are fleeing persecution or just trying to make a better life for themselves is the right way to go we can make it better well we need to build bridges on the walls. and that was our own barbara visa there reporting from london tennis news williams is through to the woman final after a straight sets victory over germany. the seven time champion cruised past six two six four we will now meet and julie in a rematch of the two thousand and sixteen final made quick work of you penco winning the match six three six three in just over an hour is the second time the german has been to the final at the all england club the football world cup in russia has delivered another thrilling clash for england in the second semifinal

and the country is now heading to its first ever world cup final striker mario each scored the winning goal in extra time giving his team a two one win fans in the croatian capital zagreb while waiting national flags and. late into the night country will face france in the final so. i'll be back with more in. germany state by state. colorful. life for. the most traditional. any time. check in with a special. take a tour of germany by state. dot com.