than nato allies are. up, the suggestion would be the ukrainian playbook, where you have russia affecting — and to some extent, this is arguably happening — the russians within latvia. if it was invaded, can you see the united states — possibly under president trump — coming to its defence under article five? yes, absolutely. an attack on latvia is an attack on nato. an attack on one is an attack on all. that's the core responsibility of nato, is that we protect each other — one for all, and all for one. and by doing that, we have been able to prevent any military attack against any nato ally for 75 years, even during the most dangerous and coldest period of the cold war. and that's the way we will continue to preserve peace... i know that's the argument, i know that's the argument. but it's entirely possible that by the end of the year, in the white house will be president trump, who has said — and latvia has paid its dues on its defence budget — but he has warned that he would encourage russia to go afte

nato.the united states and thirdly, the criticism in united states is not primarily against nato, it's against nato allies not spending enough money on nato. and then actually, we have a very good story to style tell because for many years, it was a valid point. european and canada do not spend enough from us side but things have really changed. we have increased defence spending across canada and europe and with no record high investments in europe and canada and more and more allies are meeting the 2% targets. it is in the us interest to have a strong nato because no other major power has anything like nato, there are more than 30 friends and allies. that makes the us are stronger. the us account for 25% of the world's gdp, together with nato allies, we account for 50% of the world's economic might and 50% of the world's military might. we have to remember also that the us have never fought alone in a war. they have always been there together with other allies, from the korea award to afg

as the chancellor of germany just said, we are closely cooperating in nato.are in the years after the end of the second world war, and i believe that it will be the same in the years to come. bohdan, donald trump talks about paying the bills, but nato is clear, there are no membership fees, it is about the obligation to spend at least 2% of gdp on defense. how fair and necessary are such reproaches towards countries that spend less? actually, reprimands are definitely needed, because in many countries... nato, at least so far , the level of defense spending, and that is exactly what we are talking about, that is, how much each a country, and now there are 30 of them in nato, spends on its defense as a percentage of the gross domestic product, and now the recommendation or commitment is 2%, and there are countries that spend more than where. by which indicators , for example, greece spends even more than the united states of america, poland spends a lot recently, a large, let's say , such a spender, you can say, a nato member is finland, a new nato member, tha

i leave ukraine with it on ambitions to join nato? ambitions to 'oin nato?hink we win — ambitions to join nato? i think we will see some _ ambitions to join nato? i think we will see some progress - ambitions to join nato? i think we will see some progress for| we will see some progress for ukraine tojoin nato we will see some progress for ukraine to join nato at the washington summit injuly, washington summit in july, there washington summit injuly, there is no agreement among the nato ally to bring the light thatis nato ally to bring the light that is in war with the alliance because doing so, will make nato as a whole, potted to that war and that's one thing that war and that's one thing that nato has tried to avoid but clearly, a signal being sent to ukraine they want the fighting is over, there is a durable ceasefire and is this, doesn't have to be a peace agreement, it should be no fighting that at that time bringing this ukrainian into nato is something that not on the ukrainian. at, nato is something that not on the ukrainian.— the ukrainian. a short

nato, and that is sweden.t weedon, pauljohnson. has the death of alexei navalny deepened your already existing concern about your already existing concern about your existing neighbour russia? {iii your existing neighbour russia? of course, everything that is family and friends and relatives and the responsibilities for this is on russia and putin himself. sweden's own support _ russia and putin himself. sweden's own support for _ russia and putin himself. sweden's own support for ukraine _ russia and putin himself. sweden's own support for ukraine in - russia and putin himself. sweden's own support for ukraine in its - russia and putin himself. sweden's own support for ukraine in its war l own support for ukraine in its war against russia, is yourjoining of nato imminent? you are sure that hungary, the last country whose support you need is forthcoming? yes, we are very helpful. already the other allies have ratified it and what we're hearing now from budapest is that they are willing also to ratify us in the

. welcomed in moscow and cause alarm in nato capitals-— in nato capitals.. thank you, good to get your thoughts — in nato capitals. thank you, good to get your thoughts on _ in nato capitals. thank you, good to get your thoughts on that. _ let's speak to generaljarmo lindberg, the former finnish chief of defence, who is also curently an mp but let's focus on the defence for now. let's focus on the defence comments from donald trump. in your opinion, can the us withdrawal from nato? from donald trump. in your opinion, can the us withdrawalfrom nato? trio. can the us withdrawalfrom nato? no, it's a bit more — can the us withdrawal from nato? ttfr, it's a bit more difficult now when congress activated new legislation where the president personally cannot pull out from nato. so there needs to be a decision from the senate and there needs to be a new law passed. it's more difficult. more difficult it but what if he gets the support he needs? what should countries be doing to prepare for that? qt should countries be doing to prepare for that? .., , , for that? of

how will nato help? kiev? nato secretary general jens stoltenberg warned that the delay of the american. billion in aid already has a negative impact on the situation on the ukrainian front. stoltenberg called on the us congress to make a decision on the continuation of support and noted that supporting ukraine is not charity, it is an investment in our own security. the head of nato stated this today in brussels before the start of the meeting of defense ministers of the nato countries, in the framework of which a meeting of the nato council of ukraine took place. head of the ukrainian ministry. defense of rustem umerov joined the meeting via video link. the parties decided to create a center for joint analysis of education and training in poland. the center will allow ukraine to share its experience, as well as allow the armed forces to learn and train with nato partners. but all these meetings take place against the background of heavy battles. for example, the third assault brigade, which is considered one

in nato stood by america's side. nevertheless, before the president and i took office, some questioned the usefulness of nato, suggesting it was obsolete. some in my country also questioned the value of our commitment to nato's collective defense and calls for their withdrawal of u.s. troops from germany. now, thanks to the leadership of the united states, nato is stronger, larger, more unified and more effective than ever before. we have reinforced nato's eastern flank with more weapons and forces, including air defense and fighter coverage. a sustained presence of army brigade and a permanent u.s. army headquarters in poland. and of course europeans are also stepping up. since president biden and i took office, the number of nato members that have met the goal of spending 2% of gdp has doubled. nato has also added one new member and we are on track to add another. and we look forward to welcoming both finland and sweden to washington for nato's 75th anniversary summit this summer. [applause] around the world we hav

had nato territory -- of nato territory. let me close with this. you heard me say this before. our nation stands at an inflexion point. an inflexion point in history. where the decisions we make now are going to determine the course of our future for decades to come. this is one of those moments. and i say to house members, house republicans, you got to decide. are you going to stand up for freedom or are you going to side with terror and tyranny? you're going to stand with ukraine or are you going to stand with putin? will you stand with america or trump? republicans and democrats in the senate came together to send a message of unity to the world. it's time for the house republicans to do the same thing. to pass this bill immediately. to stand for decency, stand for democracy, to stand up to the so-called leader hell bent on weakening american security. and i mean it sincerely. history is watching. history is watching. and moments like this, we have to remember who we are. we're the united states of america. the world is l

nato said, any attack on nato will be met with a united and forceful response.s, doesn't it, at a very sensitive time? the war in ukraine. in kyiv, they are desperately low on weaponry and ammunition. in washington at the us congress, some republican lawmakers back on a crucial bill at the moment in congress. that bill will grant $60 billion of military aid to ukraine. president biden has repeatedly called on congress to pass that much needed legislation. i want to ask you about some news we had earlier in the programme, that the white house has spoken to president netanyahu about the war in gaza, and that president biden urged prime minister netanyahu not to start his offensive until there is an evacuation plan for the more than 1.4 million gazans in rafah today. how is the white house balancing its relationship to israel as a staunch ally, as an offensive like this is being planned? yes, just now we've had that readout of the call between president biden and benjamin netanyahu, reaffirming their shared goal to see hamas defeated. mention of the release of host

nato is doing that now. i think part of what we have to do is make sure we stop them in ukraine and part of what we do not just in the u.s. bitterroot -- in all our countries is make sure we are reminding the public, because we have seen decreasing support in the u.s. for ukraine, reminding them of how important it is to stop vladimir putin here, getting the message out, building support to get the weapons that ukraine will need to continue to fight. >> can i ask you to pick up on the progress nato nations are making and what you are demanding for more defense spending? works in 2014 nato made the very important decision triggered by russia's illegal annexation of crimea. we have to increase defense spending. that was at a nato summit in wales. i remember i was there and i thought this was just another pledge but not what was going to happen. the reality is a lot has happened. all nato allies have increased defense spending. this year we expect 18 allies to meet 2% of gdp spending on defense up from three in

nato is enlarging with two new nations joining nato. nato is strengthening. along comes donald trump, there to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory for russia. and for the united states and our nato allies, it cannot come at a worse time. trump's republican party is holding up aid to ukraine. trump is the gift that won't stop giving to vladimir putin. he he thinks, i am sure donald trump thinks this makes him sound strong, but it just makes him look like an incredibly weak leader, weak in not bolstering alliances, in undermining security. we benefit from the nato alliance as much as not more than any other nation. for him to signal to our allies who cannot rely on america anymore, it cannot be more dangerous and destructive. host: democratic congressman adam schiff on msnbc yesterday. one more on former president donald trump's comments, this from the editorial board of the "wall street journal," usually conservative views laid out there, this is what the board writes, donald trump says many provocative things, often intentionally, to rile up opponents. his

we know that this is trump's position on nato. we know he's not a fan of nato. he spent his 1st presidency complaining about the members who didn't pay up and in his way of saying, and yet he is able to shock americans on the world by saying, you know what, he thinks in a, in a particularly outragious way. and the world is certainly reacting in eco, i'd like to get to you and munich, a, the munich security conference gathers international leaders in germany to talk about global security issues. as donald trump, one of them is one of the lead us or one of the issues i think that will be debated. um, i would say one of the issues up already for the moment be certainly i think this is a long campaign coming into united states. we're still to ask ourselves the question, do we really want to deal with what donald trump says every day? at the same time, it is true that especially at this munich security conference, the question, how do you or pm's will continue to support your claim? and what was your opinions to a folder on security to deter russia? the questions wil

since they joined nato. and i think the positions are significantly strengthened, significantly, reinforced. and against the background, the post chair against russia to undertake any thought experiments to the challenge in april positions in, in the region the, the messages that it can be potentially a very bad idea. so baltics and data like bout succeed nato lake. so definitely in board time, the operational capability also the russian politics leads to conduct maneuvers will be significantly limited. see what's going on at the same time, we have the u. s. equivocating about further support for ukraine and presumed republican presidential candidate donald trump, casting doubt on whether the us would even defend all of its fellow nato allies. under those circumstances, doesn't that dyed lute the effects of this expansion by undermining trust in the notion of collective defense as a whole i just made in the think your question is called correct. i'm should not forget that sweden and finland joined nature. al

public opinion, what nato is preparing, nato wants, this is this conflict. even according to the statement, in december, former british prime minister cameron said that war between nato and russia will happen in 5 years, then other leaders picked up with different dates, who said. after 10 years, who said within 3-5 years, this is the preparation of public opinion, the fact that, in principle, nato is already fighting with the hands of the ukrainians, we have repeatedly discussed in this studio, it’s just that the ukrainians perform the function of the advanced nato infantry. at the same time, it is worth paying attention to the changes in legislation that are taking place in ukraine. that's last week changes were made to the national guard of ukraine , which is part of the systems of the ministry of internal affairs of ukraine, it was... foreigners were allowed to join, that is , it turns out that now citizens of ukraine who serve in the national guard will most likely be asked to go to the front in some assault brigade of the ministry of internal affairs l

what are we going to get from nato? at the washington summit, they're talking about bilateral security guarantees between nato allies and ukraine, trying to help ward off for the russian aggression, trying to convince the ukrainians that nato does have its back, even if it's not a full ally. but that's what she was asking about. also about the f sixteens a we, you know, the, this is still in the works. um, there are many countries, as you heard, the secretary general say working on how an f, 16 delivery would work for ukraine, spare parts, training of pilots. the other thing you heard him say was that there's going to be a drink training center, a stablish where your premiums will come and get more training. that's been done, piece meal by allies until now. it also allows nato to learn from the people who know very best how to fight russia. so that's something that was announced here at this meeting. what struck me that he started off as press conference with rattling down notes and notes of numbers of how much money na

hold them in the hall and all the parliaments and the nato countries have voted for sweden to join nato. and it's of course, historic day that we're witnessing and he's the worst dog can be seen and uh, brings in the a very capable uh, forces of 1st clause the defense industry on the street and spends a 2 percent of g d, p on defense. and also demonstrates that natal store is open. uh uh, that's preston to 10 did not succeed in his attempt to close dental store. there's still a few parliamentary formalities hungry as president must sign off on swedes in succession . but that's expected to happen within a few days or correspond. terry schultz told us more about the reactions from nato states to sweden, succession being greenwood as well. the nordic countries have definitely been signaling help please. they are with this that the final country. sweden will be entering nato within just a few days. a swedish prime minister of christ or son came out instead of attend historic day for sweden. they said the country is ready to shoulder its responsibility in euro atlantic security. nato secreta

nato will be stronger— members of nato.his will be good not only for swedish security, but also for the security of other nato countries.— countries. the swedish commander-in-chief l countries. the swedish i commander-in-chief said last countries. the swedish _ commander-in-chief said last month commander—in—chief said last month that all swedes should mentally prepare for war. of course there are places in your country like in the far north that controls the passage through the seed that is very close to russia. i think you are around 200 miles from the nearest city? russia is our neighbouring country and all— russia is our neighbouring country and all swedes, we have grown up with a _ and all swedes, we have grown up with a fear— and all swedes, we have grown up with a fear of russia and of course, being _ with a fear of russia and of course, being part — with a fear of russia and of course, being part of it nato is important for us _ being part of it nato is important for us but— being part of it nato is important for us

well, that's a sovereign decision that each nato member would have to make on their own.u heard how secretary general stoltenberg himself said that there are no plans or intentions, certainly under the auspices of nato, understand. troops on the ground, and president biden from the very beginning of this conflict clearly stated that there will be no us troops on the territory of ukraine to carry out combat tasks. well, the minister of foreign affairs of lithuania, gabrielus lansbergis, believes that it is worth thinking about macron's idea about the possibility of the allies deploying ground troops on ukrainian territory. let's listen, sorry, it is decided on the battlefield in ukraine, in times like those we live in, political leadership, ambition and determination to think unconventionally, initiative will be very necessary yesterday's meeting in paris deserves attention, mr. roman, when macron talks about the fact that the troops of nato member countries can be on the territory of ukraine, it is not about the participation of nato as an alliance in participation. in th

united states, and then it is not known what will happen with the supply of weapons, and then, if natoere to take over. self supply management, it can make life easier for ukrainians and ukrainian soldiers in the first place. on the third hand, we do not know how the production of weapons is developing, this is also an extremely important moment, this moment is such that we feel and have some information, some arguments, which they say accelerated in 22-23 years, now i will remind 24. the fourth military - the industrial complex of both the united states and european countries, and production will constantly increase, increase, increase, and it is obvious that this is an increase in the production of both weapons and ammunition, ammunition, it is for the benefit of ukraine, where, as here, what can we here with you decide or say, how good, the good news is that nato wants to lead. steiny coordinate the supply of weapons to ukraine, not the united states of america, i am saying that this is what i roughly imagine, i am explaining to you, you can also think in this direction if you like

in 200. has to do with nato enlargement, putin didn't want nato enlargement, but he got sweden, he got, he got finland, he said to us, look, if you enlarge nato, we will have to intervene, we will have the military attack ukraine, we said, no, we will not do that, and so he talked and he got a wider nato, not a smaller. so this guy is telling the truth, it all had to do with nato enlargement, despite the protestations to the contrary, and here we are two years later, and they're still trying to enlarge nato, they're not going to get ukraine in nato, that is a bridge too far, well george samiali based on uh the line that mr. ray mcgovvern um also uh acted out and uh very much to the point of what's uh john stoltenberg, does he still is he still the nato chief, i think they found a replacement? anyways um the the type of achievement that you want to take a look at is not there and uh you would think that the us in particular would learn from it, but they're looking at another $60 billion dollars in aid. what is it about uh this that the us is not getting uh and not uh choosing the diplom

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nato hits back at remarks by donald trump that he would encourage russia to attack any nato ally that fails to meet its financial obligations to the alliance. the political blocs which came second and third in pakistan's election say they'll work together to try to form a government. and hosts ivory coast prepare to take on former champions nigeria in the final of the africa cup of nations. hello, i'm azadeh moshiri, welcome to the programme. we begin with israel's planned offensive in rafah. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has insisted it will go ahead, despite the fact that more than half of gaza's population has taken shelter there. in an interview with abc news, he said israel will give civilians safe passage to areas they've cleared north of rafah. the army has continued to target the city with air strikes, which medical workers say killed more than a0 people in the last day alone. mr netanyahu claims israel's army has killed one hamas fighter for every civilian. he also says he believes "enough" of the 132 remaining israeli hostages held in gaza are alive to justify israel con

which will become a member of nato. this also underscores one of the many ways in which prudence aggression against ukraine has been an epic and strategic failure for russia and how it is precipitated the very things we have sought to prevent. he wanted to shrink nato. it is now larger and getting larger still. he wanted to weaken data, make a stronger than it has ever been. all of this will come to an important inflection point when we get to the nato summit that we are very honored to have in washington in july. i think this will be the most ambitious summit since the end of the cold war. whether it is russia, there are definite -- very different ways, the subdomain, terrorism and what you are seeing is alliance coming together in new ways and in stronger ways to ensure that it can deal effectively with those challenges and even as we are celebrating 75 years of its history, the real focus will be on the neck 75 years and everything they do has done to adapt and make itself as it has been, indispensable some of those

and that this plan and because nato is a defensive alliance, nato does not want an even bigger conflict across europe. so that is, that has been the policy from the stop agreed by o, a allies. and i would dispute some of the, some of the points made by a, by on exams or in feature. i think we have actually seen unprecedented to unity, unprecedented support. uh, from uh, from the stock, from both the united states, canada european allies and many others around the world. so the support that has been provided to ukraine has been unprecedented. the unity has been unprecedented. but of course, this is something about the national governments have to work, work on every day. and we see, and that is a fact that russia is getting a lot of our munition, a lot of drones, lots of other support from fellow autocracies around the world, in particular north korea and wrong. so it's absolutely key that the democracy is also step up and that is in fact what's being happening of countries in, in nato, are investing much more in, in the defense then. then they did the a couple of years ago, 18 out of su

we are seeing that emerging across nato capitals in europe.you look at the eu plans, they are also wanting the broader continent to spend on defense. the question is how will they fund that. we are seeing that traditional divide among european nations about raising new debt to fund the defense policy. now on one hand, some countries are in favor of that and on the other hand, others are critical of going down that route. when i spoke to the prime minister of belgium, he sounded quite supportive of this idea of coming together to raise new debt for defense plans. take a look sdpl. >> we need to make sure we have a war time economy to produce. this defense is inter linked. we as europeans will do our part of that. we are in favor of using the capital markets to speed up military spending. i'm in favor of that as well. this is not a magic solution, but it could help to speed up and expand our industrial capacity. that is really what is at stake today. >> reporter: you heard from the prime minister of belgium saying that raising new debt could be

i don't think that's a like the 1st step would be nato countries, because attacking the nato still is a very big risk for russia. and so, yeah, that's my take on this. however, when we take a look at the us perspective on this, rachel, i knew it was just telling us that this is not in the interest of the united states to, for example, pulls out of nato. but it seems like in the us, at least republicans or followers. i've done that from specifically, don't seem to think that would be a big deal if the us pull that up later as the country that much more vulnerable. if that happens, i mean, and there's a sort of narrow view of security and a broader view of security. if you take the narrow view of searching, you that really have to do a sort of territorial attacks against the united states or something like that. this is probably the way you know, trumping a lot of his voters would think about security there of course more focused on the southern border and where there are, you know, concerns or things like terrorism. and so to make the case that sort of the war and ukraine or poland has

becoming a nato ally.posed to us just weeks before the war that we should remove all our troops from the eastern alliance and close nato's door to any new membership. we are now deploying more troops in the eastern alliance than before. finland is already a full member, doubling the border with russia, and sweden will become a member very soon. so it demonstrates that nato's door is open, president putin doesn't decide who can be a nato member or not. and over the past few hours mr stoltenberg tweeted, saying he welcomes hungary's vote ratifying sweden's membership. he said,"now that all allies have approved, sweden will become will become the 32nd nato ally. "sweden's membership will make us all stronger and safer." still to come on the world today — an ally of alexei navalny says a deal to free him in a prisoner swap was in its final. swap was in its final stages before he died. and chaotic scenes in brussels — police fire water cannons — as farmers bring parts of the belgian capital to a standstill. aro

nobody in nato is talking piece, that is the biggest problem here. exactly. i mean, the problem is not funding the united states can pres, money up to the was used for the problem is us. and to a certain extent, europe has been sold the industrialized that they cannot even provide artillery shells for you create, you know, united states have over the altogether, dear trillion dollars the military budget. and yet, it can change even produce strawman military goods that needed to win was a slight artillery shop. russia alone is out producing the desired naval country combined. right now the ukraine is, i mean the objective observer of the conflict will tell you, ukraine is losing the. busy is more hours class and it's manpower is being depleted now they're talking about sending refugee ukrainian man from the back of europe to, to, to be drafted. and they're talking about some scripting women. i mean, how would, how could you create when there's no password victory for your brain at this point? well, i mean, but, but they seem to think the people in nato world t

nato territory. >>> trump for his part continues to double down on his false claim that nato membersday, trump claimed, without any evidence, that since his initial comments on saturday, nato countries have started to pay again. that's simply not the case. joining us now, national security and military reporter for politico, paul mccleary. good to see you this morning. first and foremost, just clear up for us once and for all what exactly is required of nato members? and is there any evidence that donald trump has forced in the last 72 hours them to, quote, pay again? >> right, good morning. well, since 2014 there's been this 2% pledge for nato members countries pledge to spend 2% of their gdp on their defense, 20% of that is specifically for modernization. and it's been a long road. nato my sources tell me today will announce 18 of the 31 countries will have met that threshold by the end of the year. which is getting there, but it's a long road for nato members to pay for their own defense. there's no nato fund or kitty that countries aren't paying into it. it's for their own defens

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they say that now the nuclear deterrent forces for europe are in the hands of nato, and nato, what does it mean? nuclear weapon. german finance minister christian lindner believes that discussing nuclear rivalry means that we need deterrence, deterrence includes a relationship so that no one wants deterrence with us as advisable. lindner spoke in favor of expanding cooperation with france and great britain. french president emmanuel macron offered cooperation in different ways, said the leader of the fdp. we should take donald trump's recent statement as a call to continue to think about this element of european security under. and nato. in doing so, lindner deviates from the previous line of chancellor olaf scholz, who still opposes the debate about changing nato's course towards nuclear deterrence. currently , nato's nuclear arsenal is based almost entirely on us nuclear weapons. britain and france are the only two other nato countries with such weapons systems. is europe capable of protecting itself from russia without the us alliance? i think the chancellor made it clear to washingt

wouldn't have dared attack nato. we have a war. >> the gunfire you can hear is ukrainian troops try to shoot down a suspected russian drone. christian: the u.n. security council meets to discuss ukraine on the people of the second anniversary of the war. this is a live shot of the chamber in new york. the british foreign secretary will speak shortly. we will hear from the polish prident, who hasn't spoken exclusively tissue has spoken exclusively to this program about his concerns for european defense. andrew harding has been observing the war through the eyes of front-line soldiers in eastern ukraine. and we will focus on the meeting in paris this weekend where israel will participate in talks over a possible cease-fire in gaza. a very good evening. a year ago when we marked the first anniversary of the russian invasion, nato countries were united in their resolve to help ukraine. kyiv was beginning to retake significance weights of territory, and hopes for the ukrainian counteroffensive were high. on the eve of thi

— leave ukraine's ambitions to join nato? we will see some progress _ join nato?ome progress for _ join nato? we will see some progress for ukraine - join nato? we will see some progress for ukraine joining | progress for ukraine joining nato injuly of course, there is no agreement among the nato allies to bring in a country thatis allies to bring in a country that is at war into the alliance because doing so would make nato as a whole party to that war and that is one thing that war and that is one thing that nato is trying to avoid but clearly, the signal being sent to ukraine that once the fighting is over, when there is a durable cease—fire, or an armistice, does not have to be a peace agreement comes as no fighting at the time, bringing ukraine into nato is something that not only ukraine but nato would also want. prime minister rishi sunak has denied accusations of islamophobia within the ruling conservative party. rishi sunak was responding to the first time the comments of the party chairman about the mayor of london. he claimed that he was under control o

in general, what else do you need , they say, no, well, nato is nato, we would like something of our deployment of american nuclear weapons in poland for quite a long time, but before they were perceived as pressure on the germans, who were talking about the withdrawal of american nuclear weapons from their territory. now this is a big question, here , of course, the russian factor again begins to play a role, especially in terms of the deployment of nuclear weapons on the territory of belarus, when you start talking with europeans, they say: well, you have an ally who really wants nuclear weapons, he thinks that’s good, we went to a meeting, we have the same ones, this is absolutely the same logic, if nuclear weapons are materially located on the territory, you feel more protected, because the one who put these nuclear weapons there seems to have additional responsibility. trump's curses aside, is there any indication that the united states might really think about abandoning these very guarantees to europe, nuclear ones, i think that both what donald trump says and what the current

nato members have agreed to spend 2% of their gdp on defence.p made the comments during an election campaign rally in south carolina on saturday — take a listen. nato was busted until i came along. i said, everybody�*s got to pay. they said, if we don't pay, are you still going to protect us? i said absolutely not. they couldn't believe the answer. they asked me that question, one of the presidents of a big country stood up and said, "well, sir, if we don't pay and we are attacked by russia, will you protect us?" i said, "you didn't pay, you're delinquent?" he said, "yes, let's say that happened." "no, i would not protect you." in fact, i would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. you've got to pay. you've got to pay your bills. earlier, i spoke to dr patrick bury, a defence and security expert at the university of bath and former nato analyst. i asked him for his analysis of mr trump's comments. trump is speaking to his base here. what we can call maybe the internet angries. i am a veteran myself and have been engaged with us veter

the nato deception which led to the nato expansion. i mean, that was never papered in the form of, of a treaty. there is no shortage of witnesses and reports that detail how us officials did in fact make a promise to russia. upon the unification of germany and upon the soviet collapse, that nato would not encroach would not threaten, would not expand toward the russian border. there's all kinds of indications that that was said. they were handshakes their quotes. yet, by all indications that turned out to be a lie in the woods good thing to the fact that after 1991 when russia expected that they would be welcome. thanks. it would be rather lily family of civilized nations . nothing like this happens to the trick this. i don't mean to show you personally when i say you, of course i'm talking about the united states. that promise was that nato would not expend peace for it, but it happened 5 times. they were behind the waves of expansion, which all the rain and all that. we were trying to persuade them. we were saying the good, please do

it will and their nato allies? of course it is- it will be _ and their nato allies?e interesting _ and their nato allies? of course it is. it will be interesting to - and their nato allies? of course it is. it will be interesting to see - is. it will be interesting to see how nato secretary—generaljens stoltenberg response, if he does, but i'm sure he will feel he probably needs to weigh in on this. i think two things. first of all, trump is speaking to his base here. what we can call maybe the internet angry is. i am a veteran myself and have been engaged with us veterans on this and the level of anger amongst them, normally when you are in an allied military there is a good deal of respect and joviality but there is a lot of anger among some us veterans about the fact that nato is not paying its way, and many nations are not paying its way. it is quite extreme. and in some ways trump is playing into his base on that, regurgitating what makes them angry. it does have an impact and there is a real worry i think emerging in nato about this fact. one, russia has put it