on the question of our allies, we had a long meeting yesterday with a number of allies. my strong view is that we have to move forward, we have to lead from the front, and therefore, we need a coalition of the willing. because otherwise, we will move at the speed of the most reluctant, and that will be to slow -- too slow. a number of countries and allies indicated their support. they will set that out in due course. i will not pretend every countries in the same place on this issue. that is why i, and others, took the view we should take a leading position and move forward, but i will give her the details as they become available. on the question of the frozen assets themselves, obviously, the profits are being used in the way the house understands in accordance with the statement i just made. on the assets themselves, it is a very complicated issue, not straightforward. but i think we need to do and are doing more work to look at what are the possibilities of these come along with other countries -- of these, along with other countries, but i will not attend it is stra

it also protects our allies, and our allies should protect us. that includes not only military alliances, but trade alliances. the fact europe's continue -- year continues to buy billions of dollars worth of gas from russia instead of buying american liquid natural gas i think is a travesty, and hopefully we can increase that capacity to export here in the u.s., and them to receive it in europe so the pennants on russia and the funding of vladimir's war machine could end. >> thank you, senator. for the record, your comments are well taken on your attempting to replace that. there's a lot of efforts going on on their part to do that. frankly, a lot of us are amazed they were able to do as much as they have in short order, but they continue to work on it. senator coons. >> thank, mr. chairman and thanks to our colleagues. i checked with my office. you may have requested meetings with me. i apologize if my schedule did not permit me to meet with you before the hearing. i would welcome a chance to meet after this. i think the odds you will be confirm

we want to work with you as a friend and ally.don't want to see you hurt either but your government has chosen to do this to you. as of this morning, markets are down and inflation is set to rise dramatically across your country. your government has chosen to put american jobs at risk and thousands of workplaces, materials from canada and consumers in canada, american consumers on everyday items like groceries and gas major things like cars and homes and everything in between. have chosen to harm american national security and critical minerals building materials and fertilizers that we have and the united states need to grow and prosper. they've chosen to launch a trade for that will first and foremost, harm americans. they've chosen to sabotage their own agenda and supposed to usher in a new golden age for the united states. they chosen to undermine the incredible work with don't together to tackle functional. so on that, let's be there. there is no justification or need for these tariffs. the legal pretext your government is us

many allies are doing more.mostly because of their geopolitical location on the border of russia. not just a matter of spending but how the money is spent making sure it goes to modernization, interoperability to address the hybrid threats. in cyber, space. and to address those threats. the most success alliance ever conceived, happy to report to you, on when i get over there and hear what our allies are saying publicly and privately. what they are doing. >> the islamic, with network of proxies as well as ballistic missile and nuclear emission programs, due to recent action by the trump administration. allies in israel, iran is finally on its back foot after four years of appeasement from the biden administration. there has been great progress made in 6 weeks, we can't lose sight of the long-term goal of permanently eradicating iran's terrorist proxy network, chris landau, if confirmed, as deputy secretary, how do you plan to further degradera the irani an proxy networks and influence campaigns that are occurrin

so what do the allies do right now?e had, you know, a couple of members of the european parliament expressing a different tone and direction. how do you see this playing out right now? >> well, what's tragic is that donald trump is taking away ukraine's cards over the over the last three years, ukraine has been able to withstand a much larger military, the invasion of russia because of u.s. weapons systems, u.s. logistics support, technical systems, and intelligence and intelligence has been the lifeblood that has allowed the ukrainians to understand exactly. what the russians are bringing after them. so the europeans now recognize that us reliability as an ally and support for ukraine is vastly eroding. and so therefore, they're trying to step up. now, they don't have the same type of capabilities that we have, either in terms of weapons production or intelligence capabilities. but what i'm pleased by is that i see the european. >> leaders are. >> galvanizing themselves in their countries in order to lend the support t

allies as they are fighting hitler. who cares about whether or not they can fight hitler off or not? what's so bad about germany, anyway? that was the draft of the speech in his pocket. he never got a chance to deliver that speech because he died in that plane crash. but that speech that he had on him, they had in his. pocket when he died. turns out that speech was written for him by the nazi government, by a nazi agent, by the hitler government's top paid propaganda agent in the united states. turns out that senator ernest lundeen was being paid by the nazis. he had been on hitler's payroll the whole time. hitler's government was paying him to argue in washington, to use his position as a u.s. senator to make this case to the american people, that we shouldn't be helping our allies fight back against the nazis in europe. we should instead focus on getting them to apologize to us for not being able to pay back everything we did for them in the first world war. we should be getting them to show their gratitude to us now

where are you with any guaranties you've got allies?i've just spent quite a bit of time over the past couple of weeks meeting with european and international allies to talk about a number of different things including standing up for the rules based order by defending ukraine but also be there for each other in a more challenging and uncertain world and i can tell you that every country is very, very aaware that if the american government is willing to do this, to their own closest ally, neighbor and friend, everyone is vulnerable to a trade war and our ability to support citizens, we are doing things together in a more diversified way is something that is on the mind of all of our allays. >> over the last few weeks i've had conversations with several allies including european allies and everybody is quite concerned because the americans are willing to do to inflict this upon canada and closest ally, everybody is at risk, therefore, our ability to do more together, diversify our supply chains, our ability to do this in a more deliberate

, our traditional transatlantic allies. and there is a view now and again, this is also from now investors and economists in the market on tariffs that that they can't count on donald. >> trump. >> that he will say one thing, then he will do another thing. and so they are treating him as such. again, you do have these world leaders trying to placate him and in some cases responding to what he wants to get the tariffs delayed. but macro big picture. there's an understanding around the globe in talking to ambassadors and other people in washington, d.c, that you cannot count on donald trump and you should behave whether you are an investor, whether you are a diplomat, whether you are a leader of an ally or not, you should behave accordingly. >> yeah. and of course, the markets don't like uncertainty. we've said that time and again, brian, but so here you have a situation where nobody knows what's coming next. nobody knows what donald trump is going to respond or not respond to. by the way, china, our biggest trading partner,

we are true allies, we are new friends, but we are getting there, and fellow warriors. thank you for being here. >> mr. secretary, thank you for such a warm welcome and such warm words. it's great to be back in washington. it's good to see you again. we last met last month at nato. and then you challenged europe to step up. you challenged us to step up on ukraine, on defense spending. on european security. and i say to you that we have, we are, and we will further. last week, the british prime minister announced the biggest increase in defense spending since the end of the cold war. and we will go further. you also asked the u.k. to step up on leadership on ukraine, alongside the u.s. and indeed, you were with me when we had the 46 nations around the table at a weeks notice, the ukraine contact group. our meeting today follows very good discussions between president trump and prime minister starmer, a week ago today. in which they both pledged to work together, our nations would work together to secure a lasting peace in ukraine. and we have a choose -- a chance today t

frankly, all our allies should for all that we've done for them. and it was time, frankly, for them to start paying us back. that senator's name was ernest lundeen. he was a senator from minnesota, and in congress he had formed something called the make europe pay war debts committee, which said that we shouldn't be helping our so-called allies in europe at all, because, frankly, those allies, especially england, they owed us. they owed us money from the first world war money they hadn't been able to pay back yet. we should focus now on making them pay us back, rather than us giving them any more help. i mean, who cares that they're being invaded and attacked by the huge nazi war machine which has already invaded and taken over the whole rest of western europe? not our problem. we should be collecting right now on what they owe us for helping them already the first time around. in no way should we be giving them any more help. ernest lundeen was actually so into the idea of the make europe pay war debts committee that he formed a second committee w

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if he goes down this path, we will be isolated from our allies in europe, from our allies in asia.world will hedge their bets and we will be alone. >> i know that you have been following the actual negotiations to end the war in ukraine closely. i also understand you spoke with members of president zelensky's delegation since the oval office meeting today. what are they telling you? what is your sense about the best path forward and what options they have now? >> well, this was supposed to be a good day. you know, they negotiated very hard. both sides on this minerals deal. i'm not a big fan of it, but both sides thought it was in their interests. it they thought that getting a direct meeting with the president was what zelensky needed. because that's what everybody says. you got to do business with president trump directly. and so it was their idea to fly to washington to have this meeting. and they're just in shock. the whole country is in shock by the whole. by the way, the whole country is rallying to president zelensky's support, just like the rest of europe is as well. but th

views of our european allies. by and large, americans call them allies or at the least friendly.at britain, france, germany, et cetera. what should the u.s. actually do? the big majority is, cooperate with allies on the world stage. those folks tend to be less approving of the changes that they see donald trump making to u.s. foreign policy. >> back to the key issue, the economy. how are americans s perceiving what the president is doing as well as the cuts to the federal workforce? >> start with the central premise about, is there waste in the federal government? by and large americans agree that there is. the difference is, where does it come from? if i ask people, is it poor spending choices? is it fraud? you get more democrats saying it comes from poor spending choices. republicans saying it comes from fraud. then that goes into a split on the changes you make in the federal workforce, that divides the country. you start to see people looking at and wondering about what the implications of this might be. i ask, is this going to have an affect? a lot of people say, yes, it wil

, in fact, treating our allies as if they're adversaries and our adversaries are if they are allies. that must be happening now. it must happen. and number two, you know, you can't say that we're going into negotiations when what president trump does is to go to negotiate with vladimir putin without ukraine. and, you know, and then just say, that's what's going to happen. and then put all the pressure on ukraine, basically not asking them for a peace deal. basically, what you're doing is asking them to surrender because russia and vladimir putin gets everything that they want. and the illegal taking and the killing of the people of, of ukraine goes unchecked. that can't happen. and so we need the pressure to get the president to have diplomacy. and what is the natural order of working with our allies, because it will have effects across the spectrum. understanding that from the very beginning, part of putin's thought was he could divide nato. who would have thought? and they didn't. they couldn't. nato got stronger. in fact, finland and sweden joined nato on the border of russia beca

our most enduring allies, our strongest allies have always been democracies. today, our president wants to switch sides in the struggle between autocrats and democrats. he doesn't want to be the leader of the free world. he wants to join the autocratic club. and i just think it's sad on a kind of ethical and moral level. but i also think this does not serve american national security interests. if he goes down this path, we will be isolated from our allies in europe, from our allies in asia. the rest of the world will hedge their bets and we will be alone. >> i know that you have been following the actual negotiations to end the war in ukraine closely. i also understand you spoke with members of president zelensky's delegation since the oval office meeting today. what are they telling you? what is your sense about the best path forward and what options they have now? >> well, this was supposed to be a good day. you know, they negotiated very hard. both sides on this minerals deal. i'm not a big fan of it, but both sides thought it was in their interests. it th

of course they are a reliable ally. we are operating on that basis day in, day out, across the world. in relation to the situation as it develops, obviously, our main focus, our only focus, is on a lasting peace in ukraine. there are many moving parts. there are many discussions to be had. what i think is the single most important outcome is a lasting peace in ukraine, which is good for ukraine, for europe, and essential for the united kingdom. >> we all support him in that effort. to president trump -- four british women have accused andrew tate of rape and human trafficking, and british police have issued arrest warrants. the tates have tried to escape justice, first in romania, and now the united states. i'm delighted that florida has thankfully opened a criminal investigation. does the prime minister agree that people wanted by british police for such appalling crimes should stand trial in our country? given his assessment that president trump really is a reliable ally, will his government request an urgent extradit

we will not have any allies anymore.me to our aid after 9/11, who are we going to turn to now? we don't have a leader in the white house. we don't have an administration who understands what it takes for democracy. all of the cabinet members, he has people he loves. i wish i could answer that question. it really frightens me. as to where our country is headed. we have no leader. i don't think the united states has a role. we don't have anyone who understands what leadership is about. host: that is regina in maryland. here is president trump this morning on a truth social post from 10 minutes ago and in seven minutes ago. seven minutes ago it was previewing tomorrow speech in that building behind me at the united states capitol. tomorrow night will be big, i will tell it like it is. a few minutes before that he made his post about ukraine saying the only president who gave none of ukraine's land to putin's russia is president donald j. trump. when the fake news gladly puts out anything that they say. president trump this

and its allies?s, spending showdown as president trump prepares to address congress and the nation republicans are promising nearly a trillion dollars in spending cuts. can they do it without cutting popular program like medicaid? >> it won't be read my lips anymore. we're not going to touch it. >> and legal challenges. >> if we don't do this, america will go bankrupt. that's why it has to be done. >> elon musk's efforts to slash government agencies are being blocked by multiple federal judges. will the court rulings hold? >> he's tearing down our institutions for fun. it's a game. it's not public service. >> my guest this morning speaker of the house mike johnson, independent senator bernie sanders of vermont and republican senator james lankford of oklahoma. joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news washington managing editor carol lee, telemundo news anchor julio vaqueiro, stephanie murphy and republican strategist brendan buck. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >>> from numbers new

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starmer is trying to work out a plan for our ally. how do you see the european role reshaping this conversation, and ultimately what this peace plan and process will look like? >> well. >> let's just. >> go. >> back to the last 48. >> hours, though. you use. >> the word. >> fiasco and disaster. >> and the. >> more you think about what happened in the oval office, i think it is. more i think it is. >> more consequential. >> it feels like a turning. >> point, a breaking point in world. >> history and in the western alliance. >> it's not. >> simply what the. europeans are going to do. >> in this particular circumstance. >> they now. >> have to realize. >> that the united states is no longer the leader of the free. >> world. >> as long as. >> donald trump. >> is the president. >> that we are no. >> longer a reliable ally. >> in fact. >> in many of these. >> in many. >> of these. >> cases. >> the united states. >> might be an adversary. >> and this is difficult. >> to get. your head around, because. >> what we are. >> seeing, what we saw o

. -- ukraine and engaging with key allies after president trump paused military aid to the country.mmission president outlined her plan to strengthen europe's military capability saying -- the top is bringing new military equipment to ukraine. the president said he is focused on peace, we need our partners to be committed on that goal as well been since returning to the white house, president trump has claimed on a number of occasions the biden administration gave ukraine $350 billion in military assistance. bbc news has not been able to verify that figure. the u.s. department of defense says the amount spent on military assistance to ukraine in three years since the invasion amounts to $180 billion. president trump's move comes after that heated exchange between him and president zelenskyy and five present vance in the oval office. speaking to fox news before the military aid was pause, vice president vance said the door is open if mr. zelenskyy is willing to talk peace. suggested giving washington economic interest in the future of ukraine would serve as a security guarantee. >> i

the united states as a reliable ally. nbc news confirmed earlier reporting that there are ongoing talks happening between around 20 countries, mostly european countries, interested in contributing to what they call a coalition of the willing to support ukraine. it is, of course, a response and a reaction to the events over the last week. the halting of arms shipments to ukraine, the pause in intelligence sharing with our ally ukraine, and the. >> ambush of our ally. >> whose war against vladimir. >> putin had once. >> united the west. and in the days after that. >> meeting. >> the attacks on zelenskyy himself. now, politico. >> is. >> reporting this quote for senior members of donald trump's entourage, have held secret discussions with some of kiev's top political. >> opponents to. >> vladimir zelensky, just as washington aligns with moscow in seeking to lever the ukrainian president out of his job. those discussions center on whether ukraine could hold quick presidential elections. >> these are being. >> delayed in line

is an unreliable ally. the u.s. has been a reliable ally to the u.k. for many, many decades. and continues to be. there are no two countries as closely aligned as our two countries, and our defense and security and intelligence is intertwined in a way no two other countries are. so it's an important and reliable ally for us. the discussions we've had today, particularly the coalition of the willing, is on the basis that this is a plan that we will work with, with the u.s., and that it will have u.s. backing. so that is the purpose of the plan and that is why i spoke to president trump last night, before we developed the work on this plan. thank you. i've got robert. reporter: hi. i want to put to you what will be on the minds of millions of british people. with your commitment in the event of a peace deal to deploy british soldiers to ukraine, is there now a more real prospect of britain being at war with russia? can you rule that out? p.m. starmer: the whole point of a guarantee for any deal, or if there is a deal, is to preserve the peace. and if you want to preserve the pe

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. -- ukraine and engaging with key allies after president trump paused military aid to the country.mmission president outlined her plan to strengthen europe's military capability saying -- the top is bringing new military equipment to ukraine. the president said he is focused on peace, we need our partners to be committed on that goal as well been since returning to the white house, president trump has claimed on a number of occasions the biden administration gave ukraine $350 billion in military assistance. bbc news has not been able to verify that figure. the u.s. department of defense says the amount spent on military assistance to ukraine in three years since the invasion amounts to $180 billion. president trump's move comes after that heated exchange between him and president zelenskyy and five present vance in the oval office. speaking to fox news before the military aid was pause, vice president vance said the door is open if mr. zelenskyy is willing to talk peace. suggested giving washington economic interest in the future of ukraine would serve as a security guarantee. >> i

um, but clearly this is a huge deterioration with allies that we have had.d one thing, of course, i think the real change that we could see is in the reaction that the president and the white house has to how the united states economy is being impacted already over the last couple of days, the last two days, we've seen the stock market drop some 1300 points. we're seeing companies like target saying prices are going to increase. that is something as well that will ignite some sort of reaction from this white house. >> yeah. we see the dow jones industrials down now just today 788 points at least so far. now 790 points. uh, we heard the prime minister elena, cite the wall street journal editorial in today's wall street journal, usually a conservative editorial page. the headline is trump takes the dumbest tariff plunge. and it writes this. we've quoted mr. trump's ire by calling the mexico and canada levies the dumbest in history, and we may have understated the point. mr. trump is whacking friends, not adversaries. and, you know, it's interesting because thi

american allies worry that as the. conciliatory. >> approach toward russia, toward vladimir putin. >> that any intelligence that it. >> shares with. >> the. >> us could. >> make its way. >> into. >>he wrong hands. the allies. >> are weighing. >> concerns about safeguarding foreign. >> assets whose identities. >> could inadvertently. >> be revealed. >> you know, every intelligence agency. >> they treat. >> its commitments. >> to foreign agents. >> is this sacrosanct? they pledge to keep agents safe, to shield their identities. so anything that jeopardize that obligation would violate that trust, former officials tell. >> nbc news. >> and that could lead to some spy. >> agencies holding. >> back on some information. >> that they. >> share with washington. >> this is why the us has these intelligence cooperation agreements here. >> so. >> that we're. sharing information with some of. >> our closest allies, and they share it with us to keep everybody safe here. you've heard likely, of the five eyes alliance that some of th

—— foreign policy achievements. 50 allies -- foreign policy achievements. ., , , , allies -- foreignements. . , , achievements. so many eyes on this meeting — achievements. so many eyes on this meeting of _ achievements. so many eyes on this meeting of european - this meeting of european leaders in london tomorrow. saying the free world needs a new leader and it is up to europe to take this challenge. what do you see coming out of this meeting on sunday and what would you like to see european leaders do?— leaders do? you will see possibly _ leaders do? you will see possibly a _ leaders do? you will see possibly a stronger - leaders do? you will see - possibly a stronger statement of support for zelensky but these have been regularly forthcoming. so i don't think there will be a surprise there. the real question and it is an urgent question, is whether europe and not only find more money but improve its productive capacities, ray stepped up now to show that ukraine can be supported because again, it is important to note that even before this meeting, trump has given very limited promi

our friends and our allies, and we need to make this work.thing we can do to get this back on track, we must do. >> george: what does president zelenskyy need to know? you heard marco rubio say they need to accept a peace agreement, and they need to see something from president zelenskyy. do you think he made a mistake in the oval office? >> i did not, and i'm glad that he went on fox news and did an interview after. i think he was just trying to explain his situation, and that is that they are grateful to america. he has said that. he has said that numerous times in private and public meetings. he has said it hundreds of times. he presented a flag to republicans and democrats in congress signed by soldiers on the front lines saying thank you. so that was just an all-out lie that he has never thanked our country. i think that he needs to go to europe. i think they need to all come together with an agreement with the idea for how we can do this. i think they're going to have to come back to america either diplomatically and/or in person, and w