tonight western allies shudder. another summit, yet another trump tweet storm of criticism as he flies off to meet nato partners. from brussels, the u.s. ambassador to nato kay byailey hutchison says it is to strengthen nato. do allies see it that way? ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. donald trump arrives in europe today for what could be a tense meeting with nato. as a parting shot, he fired off this tweet about the nato allies' military spending. quote, nato countries must pay more. the united states must pay less. very unfair. this purely transactional approach to the 70-year-old defense alliance is nothing new for president trump, but here are some facts. last year nato allies boosted their defense budget by a combined 5.2%. the combined defense budget of nato nations has grown by $14.4 billion since he took office. 16 nations are on track to spend the targeted 2% of their gros domestic product by the agreed 2024. so, why is president trump still complaining so often a

they were our allies.y came and helped and brought the teams to help find people, rescue and recovery. they did so much. now it's like they're looking at us with a side eye like, can i trust you? >> there's a much bigger cost and that's europe itself is vajile right now. you have britain negotiating its exit. political division. the rise of more authoritarian rule in a place like turkey. so the fate of europe really, which is something we wanted to build in the aftermath of two world wars to make sure that there were no further wars in europe. so the cost of this long term, this is not something you flip a switch and repair overnight. you see the unraveling, whether it's the weakening of angela merkel who is in many ways the most outspoken voice for democracy. >> or theresa may. >> theresa may is in deep political trouble, which is our closest ally. so there are a lot of things that the repercussions of this, meanwhile, as we belittle our allies, we strengthen the hand of vladimir putin. not just going int

all allies have stopped the cuts, more allies spend 2% of gdp on the fence. and last year we saw the biggest increase ever. on top of that, on the initiative of president trump last may, last year, we agreed to develop national plans as a very powerful tool to make sure allies deliver on the promise to increase defense spending. and the national plans have proven to be exactly the strong and powerful tools we expected them to be. because they, as the majority of our allies, have all the presented plans, showing how they will step by step move to reach the 2% goal. so we are delivering. there are differences and there are discussions. there are disagreements, but nato has made decisions and we are delivering on the defense pledge. and for me in the long run, substance is what counts and on the substance, nato is delivering. >> thank you very much. that's unfortunately all we have time for, before the leader's dipper. so we will see you again tomorrow. thank you. >> thank you. >> back live in washington now at the environmental protection agency, where acting e

but also all allies need to stand united in nato.or me this was a good summit because we all expressed our support to nato, also the president. but also we expressed our support to investing more in defense. >> let me be specific again. i want to hear an answer from you, please. president macron denies that the allies agreed to up their spending beyond the 2%. can you confirm to us what are the facts? we need to know the facts. >> the fact is we have a commitment to increase defense spending, and we all agreed that we have to deliver on that. there's a new sense of urgency on the importance of delivering that. but perhaps even more important is that we have actually started to invest more, more than $40 billion just since last year. and it is my thought to make sure that we deliver, that we have a substantial increase in defense spending in the years ahead and our work together with all allies but also work closely with president trump and his leadership, his strong message is having an effect. allies are increasing defense spending.

that allies have stopped cuts,

your allies. after all, you don't have that many. >> reporter: eu president tusk taking president trump to task for repeatedly saying that european countries are free loaders not paying the fair share on defense. >> dear president trump, america does not have and will not have a better ally than europe. today, europeans spend on defense many times more than russia and as much as china. >> reporter: trump's summit with putin casting a shadow over the nato meeting. asked directly whether russia is a friend or foe, the president chose another word. >> as far as i'm concerned, a competitor. a competitor. i think that getting along with russia, getting along with china, getting along with others is a good thing. >> reporter: what trump is not saying is anything remotely critical of russia. he rarely if ever speaks of the meddling in the 2016 u.s. election. the ongoing cyber attacks, the invasion of ukraine or the deadly nerve agents in the united kingdom traced back to russia. again today, he saved the

this year, eight allies have committed. a majority of allies have put forward plans on how to reach 2% within a decade. my focus is on that. i think you also have to understand that this is really turning the trend. for decades after the end of the cold war, nato allies were cutting defense budgets. the 90's, i was minister of finance in norway. i was very good at cutting defense budgets. then tensions went down. now, tensions are going up. whenwe cut defense budgets tensions are going down, we have to increase the defense budgets as they go up. and saw the declaration, you have mentioned romania is one of the best conservators for 2% of gdp in the defense budget. romania is asking the allies to increase the security in the black sea region. all thek sea region has military aggressions from russia in the last 10 years. in georgia, ukraine, and criteria. -- crimea. what are the steps that the nato summit took to increase the security in the black sea region? what will the role be of the new foundedent that will be in romania

friends and allies. these tariff decisions are the to ay equivalent of coming gunfight and shooting your partners when you take a met your adversary. we need a strategy crafted in concert with our allies, many of whom are suffering from the same problems with china. and fourth, the u.s. should see our trade actions as a larger part of the effort to build a stronger economy at home. u.s. should strengthen alliances to counter national security threats, support democracy abroad to push back against the rise of autocracy, develop a strategy in concert with our allies, and build an economy at home that works for everyone by investing in areas such as infrastructure and education. congress should play an important role in holding the administration accountable and reassuring our allies. thank you for inviting me here today. mr. bolten, i have been contacted by dozens of companies in new jersey that have been negatively impacted by the administration's tariff policies. one such company uses a korean specialty

in fact, 100% of allies are increasing spending. you've said that it's up to about 5.2% collectively. my question to you is, are you being told now that you need to raise individual spending by 4% or more than 2%? >> we have agreed that we need to make good on the pledges we have made. when he followed up that we deliver, i'm an optimist because we have seen that allies have started to increase. last year was the biggest increase in a defense spending across europe and canada but also because i witnessed this discussion we had yesterday and today at the nato summit and allies understand that we really need to step up and redouble our efforts. and i see both the decisions we are made and the common understanding we have about importance of delivering. >> so i'm going to take it from what you say that you are committed to 2% and nothing further. am i correct? >> we have a commitment to spend 2%. the important thing now is we feed to invest more. we need to get more money and the good thing is that since -- very much because of the ver

president is treating not his enemies but his nato allies. well that's quite obvious i mean even the german chancellor and arriving in i think we saw part of that soundbite earlier yesterday although she doesn't really show or wear her emotions on her sleeves was not amused by her standards so of course especially those european allies that are not meeting the two percent goal yet aren't happy the way they've been treated by the u.s. president and but what you said earlier and read as very true and you also mention it in the question you just just asked he has a very businesslike approach to it and i think probably the best book to read if you want to understand what he's doing here is the art of the deal that's a book by trump i'm not trying to say you should read it but you know he lays out some things in there if you want a specific goal then you need to ask for more and that's what he's doing with the four percent the two percent also you can tell he knows he's not an expert on the military matters of nato because never talks about the ac

america's allies look at the g. seven summit in in quebec and the treatment he delivered to the canadian prime minister this is not somebody who values the western alliance this is somebody who who is the great admirer of mr putin again it's quite possible that it was because of mr putin that he said office in the first place and so. i don't think the issue here is increasing defense spending per se it is a a a a club to be used against an organization that he doesn't believe that now i think made it may well and probably will survive the trump president's presidency but. but but but i'm not sure that the defense spending is the issue i think the question for the europeans now is how do they stand up against this kind of bully. you know i'm not saying that i'm not sure the right response is to increase defense spending i mean this is becoming a one way street in which trump is dictating and what are the europeans going to do about a u.s. president who is undermining their agenda let's take the issue of. climate chan

they are our ally. they are our friend. they will continue to be. but they put a 247% tariff on dairy products that are produced. we're the third largest dairy producer in america behind wisconsin and california. and so our dairy farmers don't look at it the same way the canadians do and it's hard to explain to them how they can be in a free trade zone and wind up with a 247% tariff on their product. softwood lumber is the exact same problem, and it's hard to explain to them how we can be in this position, and these are our friends. these people claim they're our friend and our ally, and they are, but my point is, nafta needs some adjustment, and i commend the president for doing all he can to make the adjustments in nafta. and he has been very clear that he wants to get that done and we should all support him in that effort to try to do things better than what they are. trade is complex. there's no question about it. using tariffs is complex. but i want to talk about, in the few minutes that i have left here, something that's going on with the chin

words are very, very confusing to nato allies.g. >> all right, christiane. dramatic hours ahead. thank you very much. >> nice to see you this morning. thank you, christiane, from london. pfizer putting price hikes on hold thanks to pressure from president trump. on july 1st, they raised prices for 40 drugs. the president tweeted pfizer should be ashamed that they have raised drug prices for no reason. so, pfizer now says it will roll back the price hikes after extensive discussion with the president. writing, it shares the president's concern to provide affordable access to medicine. it will give the administration more time to work on its plan to reduce drug prices. cutting drug costs with a big campaign promise for the president. he unveiled a plan to reduce drug prices in may. in that plan, he's got concrete steps to make it easier for cheaper generic drugs to hit the market, also targets the shadowy world of drug rebates but doesn't overtly take the power of the u.s. government to force companies to lower drug prices. but the

they are our ally. they are our friend. they will continue to be. they put a 247% tariff on dairy products produced. we are the third largest dairy producer in america behind wisconsin and california. and our dairy farm, it is hard to explain how they can be in a free trade zone and wind up with a 240% tariff on their product. software and lumberers are in the exact same position. and these people claim they are our friend and ale lie, and they are, but nafta needs some adjustment. and i amend the president for doing all that he can to make the adjustments. we have been very clear that he wants to get that done. and we should all support that effort to try to do things better than what they are. trade is complex. there's no question about it. using tariffs is complex. but i want to talk about in a few minutes that i have left here something that is going on with the chinese. i think we're all in agreement that the chinese are something to be concerned about. and anyone who hasn't studied china's -- made in china 2005 plan needs to look at that and d

-nato allies. when trump says maybe russia did not interfere with the election as he did a couple years ago that contradicts u.s. agencies and all of the allies, those are the talking points for russia. is that president trump's intention? president trump repeats arguments vladamir putin makes. that has a consequence for national security interests. >> a very smart man, a trump biographer, michael deantonio, said remember the massive turnout in berlin in 2008. obama also had a good relationship with merkel and michael thinks trump it has germany because they loved obama, also because merkel is a powerful no nonsense woman who doesn't like trump. that unnerves trump. how much of this is about personal relationships and not what's best for the united states, max? >> i think that's certainly part of it. remember, trump's hatred of our allies long pre-dates obama and merkel. it goes back to the 1980s. these are positions he believes in, unlike his opposition to abortion, of recent vintage. he dislikes

america's allies look at the g. seven summit in in quebec and the treatment he delivered to the canadian prime minister this is not somebody who values the western alliance this is somebody who who is the great admirer of mr putin again it's quite possible that it was because of mr putin that he sent office in the first place and so. i don't think the issue here is increasing defense spending per se it is a a a a club to be used against an organization that he doesn't believe that now i think made it may well and probably will survive the trump president's presidency but. but but but i'm not sure that the defense spending is the issue i think the question for the europeans now is how do they stand up against this kind of bully. you know i'm not saying that i'm not sure the right response is to increase defense spending i mean this is becoming a one way street in which trump is dictating and what are the europeans going to do a cloudy u.s. president who is undermining their agenda let's take the issue of. climate cha

what else do allies feel might happen?ou heard from bob corker a moment ago, talking about his hope that we have a good meeting followed by a non-event, that one-on-one meeting with vladimir putin. what are allies worried about? >> reporter: all right. the worst case scenario for allies is trump starts this collective defense that is the bedrock of nato. if he starts to say we will only protect companies meeting their 2% of gdp spending target or if he starts to question in general, the idea of you know solidarity against russia to the east. these are concepts that could really undermine the partnership. if it's just another g7 style blowout, where he says a lot of you know acrimonious things, they leave and go back to their collective companies. they can survive that. domestically, trump is one of a few problems they are dealing with. if he questions what nato is all about that will be an issue. >> i think germany increased the spending by 2025, not necessarily meeting the mark of that 2% that president trump has been put

we have to respect our allies.f you want them with us when the time's tough, when we have problems, you have to respected them when they're with us in peacetime and may have some problems. >> general, what is your biggest concern? are you concerned that russia invades estonia and then president trump refuses to honor article 5, an attack one on is an attack on all? is that your biggest concern here? >> no. that's a little too bold. it could happen but i would say the odds of it at the present are quite low. i think more likely to see is continued russian intimidation, a build-up of russian forces, efforts to co-op, corrupt these governments in nato, to get them to give up on their values. to take russian investments and blandishments and demoralize the democratic spirit in eastern europe. he could accomplish his goal through what we call hybrid warfare probably more successfully than an overt invasion and be prepared to hand tell overt invasion and not be weak and invite him to do that but we haven't taken the nece

european allies in kind of our will. add two hundred sixty six billion us dollars to the defense budgets from now on to twenty in twenty four so we are moving in there at that action under nato stronger nato is important for europe but there's also important for the united states and therefore it is important we showed at this summit the spike the differences on different issues he's able to agree and deliver on. strengthening nato as a cornerstone of tons of them thinking. of ok so i think. it was a meeting where president trump annoying addressed the topics we will discuss during our summit today of course a prison term possibly to direct language a message on the defense spending but fundamentally all agreed all of us agree that we need a fair burden sharing in the alliance and that's exactly why it all allies agreed that those who are spending less than two percent have to spend more and that's exactly what we have started to do because we have turned a corner of the years of cutting defense budgets all our allies ar

all allies have stopped the cuts, all allies have started to increase and more allies spend 2% of gdpambivalance towards nato and his general unpredictability has europeans spooked and feeling exposed. they have relied on the us for security since the second world war, but feel nothing can now be taken for granted. fearing russia, cyber attacks and cross—border terror, the eu is now beginning, modestly, to boost its own defence capabilities. eu leaders signed a co—operation agreement with nato, with some blunt european words for the us president. dear president trump. america does not have and will not have a better ally than europe. dear america, appreciate your allies. after all, you don't have that many. at nato headquarters, a packed agenda awaits. but a show of unity is what really matters most. the question hanging heavy here — will donald trump deliver? katya adler, bbc news, brussels. well, let's stay with the nato summit. jonathan charles, director of communications at the european bank for reconstruction and development, joins me now. our correspondent discussing some of the

we're going to pick off your allies, you know?- they have an initiative that extends all of the way from china to africa to southeast asia, central asia and the middle east and you know, he knew that it would be an opportunity for him. yes there's risk, but trump picking a trade war because they don't have politics, right? so they can assume a lot of pain, but when they start squeezing pieces of the american electorate. they know american politicians will back down. he's sitting in a much stronger position. the only way to have a trade war with china is to get all your allies on your side and trump is giving away the leverage we have. >> by leveraging the trade war against his own allies. >> europe, korea, canada. >> canada. it's been so long, but the chinese leader is suddenly the spokesperson for global vision. he's showing up at davos talking about free trade and sitting with the wto and that is very deliberate. china wants to make maximum use of these trump years to do as much as possible to have international order in the glo

on defense this year as i said eight allies have committed and a majority of allies have all that put forward plans on how to reach two percent within a decade so my focus is on that. i think that you also have to understand that. this is really turning the trend because for decades off the gender cold war and nato allies were cutting defense budgets and i have been. in the ninety ninety s. i was minister of finance and always and i was able to actually be good at cutting defense budgets. but then tensions went down now tensions are going up so when we cut defense budgets when tensions are going down we have to be able to increase the funds budgets when there are increasing i see no. rattled around tonight three remaining our secretary general i saw the declaration and you have mentioned rumania as one of the best contributors for two percent of g.d.p. in defense budget. remaining and is the asking the allies think greece the security in the black sea region in the black sea region have been happened all the military aggressions from russia in the last ten years in georgia ukraine in

have allies. well look we had a lot of you respect our man most of them and i devoted to the company i met on the government under my. roof. and the ship where corruption is endemic now embroiled in a battle to hold the power. how has this radical transformation. i mean it. i mean if you want to shedding light on the romanians pressing for change. and their unconventional methods to eliminate corruption remain people. on al jazeera. and the reported world on. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to form a dry riverbed like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their countries have been truly unable to escape the war. on july fourteenth. two thousand and sixteen. an attack on the city a day in nice change people's lives at. le

he childish approach to attack allies rather than working with them. then we noticed the prime minister rollout the carpet for the president who went on to publicly criticize the prime minister's brexit plan after advising the prime minister to sue the european union. in the prime minister to the house whether she intends to use database. [inaudible] >> i would advise the prime minister, instead of seeking advice from the president of the united states on brexit, she should seek it directly from the government to have been impacted. mr. speaker, we are witnessing historic scenes of the u.s. and russian president speaking in helsinki that are high-stakes in the summit, china, ukraine and u.s. election hacking. we should all make sure we stand up for the independence of that nation. can the prime minister tell the house what discussions she had on president trump regarding operations in nato. >> first while in ukraine, we continue to support you. we continue to support the sovereignty of ukraine and georgia. we also recognize the need to be reformed in y

allies in brussels over trade policy and defense spending u.s. lawmakers here in the united states are underscoring their support for the transatlantic alliance in the republican controlled senate as well as the house of representatives the lawmakers there have approved a non-binding measure that affirms support for nato but democrats in both chambers are going a step further you can donald trump for criticizing allies putting relationships at risk i said drive to the view that we should not be criticizing our president allies overseas but let me say a couple of things nato is indispensable i'm very concerned that we have iraq for maybe with nato. and then some kind of civil authority maybe. and it works against our people anderson this statement would be. prosperous lead laughable if it were not so serious that germany has stood by our side. given lines and sacrificed resources for us in. wars that we continue to fight. this kind of reference absolutely despicable now many members of congress believe that president trump is right to point out th

our allies are stepping up. urging, since january of 2017, every nato member has increased defense spending. the number of allies that will spend 2% as a whole -- it has raised defense spending by 5.1% expect allion, and we further $10 billion increase this year, the largest in a generation. generation. but material strength is only part of the equation. taking strategic competition it requires that the united recommit tourope the cause of freedom. antiquity has been the west foremost gift to the world. russia and china both represent a coherent model, stability founded on authoritarianism and force harnessed to certain aspects of market competition and co-mingled with state-run plittization of the economy. both russia and china want to break the west. russia wants to splinter it and china wants us to plant it. one place where they are especially aggressive is in central and eastern europe. our first priority here is to check russian aggression. in recent years, a gremlin has attempted to forcefully redraw borde

>>> america, you have to shake your allies. after all, you don't have that many. >> officials in europe bracing for the worst-case sncenario. the nato summit under way right now. the president's opening salvo coming before his plane landed in brussels. >>> the trade war with china, tariffs on $200 billion of chinese goods on the way. everything from fruit to hand g handbags, rain jackets and baseball gloves. >>> and the world cup final is set. france will play for the title. will they play england or cr croat croatia. we'll find out today. >> i'm alex marquardt in for dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. it's wednesday, july 11th. 3:00 a.m. in the east, 9:00 a.m. in the west. taupting european allies just as air force one landed with tweets. but the president's midair jabs cameuropean leaders. they feel trump will fall throw when it comes to protection for allies. the european counsel president had stark warning for trump. >> america, appreciate your allies, after all you don't have that many. >> i comes a few days before pres

such as prime minister may and other nato allies? .co you would have to ask the president. from my standpoint, the way you deal with russia is from a position of strength and resolve and we have to demand behavior change before we start working with them. but we should be exporting -- exploring areas where we could cooperate. david: is part of the things that we need to demand that russia is not another crimea? democrats are saying we should demand that. do you agree? we have been demanding, that they get out of eastern ukraine and georgia. that they stop supporting iran in syria. areas whereost of we have real problems with russia. all the political assassinations that are unsolved, the poisonings in britain, which unfortunately have spread due to contamination. there is a host of areas where we have a real problem with russia. but again, they have some 7000 nuclear weapons. we should talk with them and improve relations over time, but only in reaction to their improved behavior. host ofe have a problems with russia and also with ch

they are a nato ally.ame away from my meeting somewhat encouraged we can start over with president - - in a win-win fashion securing the northeastern part of syria in a fashion acceptable to turkey and they can be a better ally when it comes to pushing against iran and ices. >>dana: did you talk to president - - about this idea that wants to buy an antiaircraft system and do you think he wants to go forward with it? and if he does, will the congress vote to put sanctions on turkey since that allowed under the russian sanctions act. >> were not going to sell turkey the f 35, our most advanced fighter and allow them to buy the most advanced soviet antiaircraft system. it will just be a matter of time before the f 400 would be used in a fashion to undermine the f 35. they have to pick. i would like them to buy the patriot missile better. they are a nato partner. they need to release - - was been held in my view, way too long. very much illegally. you've got to remember that president - - was under siege two y

allies of the nato summit in brussels and said he was not happy about the u.s. being treated unfairly but speaking to the media and the past hour said the meeting had been quote really good and that nature is also good for the u.s. . that's it for me on that that she might. have moved for you in a few minutes at the top of the alison to stay with us if you kept. on. going. on. as a british overseas territory but it didn't get to vote in the press at referendum. its citizens are overwhelmingly opposed to me. the european union saying it would hinder trade with neighboring territories now and will is considering changing its relationship with britain coca-cola. thirteen w. . make your small t.v. even smaller quickly or small. what you want when you want to. update. extraordinary. depth. you decide what's on. sunday w.'s are smart to. stay up to date don't miss our highlights of the w programme on line d.w. dot com highlights. mondello one hundred the us on facebook and experience what nelson mandela means for young africans today. the mind of people who are the mi

foes and foes allies. with teresa may and england as well after meeting with angela merkel and now the face-to-face with vladimir putin. jonathan? >> may is interesting and a by product of the brexis movement and sentiment towards populism. she didn't do it in as aggressive of a way as the conservatives in her party wanted them to do and they were closely aligned with president trump. people will be listening closely for if he offers words of support for may who could face a no confidence vote in the next couple of weeks. if he doesn't say something supportive, that will be a sign that he doesn't support her. >> this time, i would say a little over 24 hours ago, what the leaders feared would happen as far as what president trump may say happened. the start from the breakfast. where does it go and what are the opportunities today and the meeting with teresa may for him to reign that back in. is this a point of where he can make the you turn back? >> i'm not sure he wants to make the u-turn back. his view of

germany speaking at the end of the nato summit trump claimed that the meeting went well and that the allies had all agreed to increase their contributions you also denied speculation that the u.s. had frightened to pull out of the alliance as long as the other member states followed through on their spending promises. also spoke and she spoke as the nato summit wraps up she said she felt the last was still strong but that member states needed to do more for each album have a listen here in the un with steam in the coming to the end of the nato summit and we just had a very thorough discussion of basic principles with the representatives of the nato member states. this morning the question was again raised what we need to do for our defense. and i made it clear for germany that we know that we need to do more and we have been doing more for some time and we started moving in that direction long ago we are doing it for our own soldiers but also of course for the alliance. we are doing this in the face of changes to the security situation we have recognized the latest with the attack on ukrain

president donald trump wasting no time suggesting that america's european allies should increase their spending but the amount that he considers appropriate well it came as a shock it's way above the target that nato members have previously agreed to. and want to pull in our correspondent terry shows she is and to nato headquarters in brussels good evening to you terry president trump is especially taking issue with the lack of burden sharing that nato members not pulling their own weight when it comes to defense spending how did that go down today. well that was not unexpected because this has been president trump's obsession since even before he went he came into office and i mean he does have a point because the european allies spend much less than the united states does on their defense budgets and it hasn't come to the fore until twenty fourteen really when russia annexed crimea from ukraine and then they started realizing they were not prepared in a crisis and since two thousand and fourteen all the allies have reversed the cuts to their defense budgets but since president trump

we value our allies. you got to pay your own way. the american taxpayers have carried them on their backs. >> they're versatile people. i met angela merkel over there. i have my opinion of her. >> the tone of what we are doing is something that's not good for the ealliance. >> nato is important today as it ever has been. >> at the summit we are often left to read the body language among the leaders. when trump tried a handshake of theresa may, she redirected to someone else. and this scene was unusual for an american president with the leaders of the other nation out front to a walk of a photo opt, there with donald trump with the au authoritarian. with that, lets introduce our panel for tonight. green and welcome good evening and welcome to all of you. peter, you have been around for a while and how seismic was today and what is your damage assessment to nato as of the time of this conversation? >> it is hard to remember a moment quite like this. it is not that the issues that president trump are raise are not out there before. in f

so it's important to establish our solidarity with our allies. understand that for several administrations now, there has been an issue about encouraging the nato countries to step up their spending on defense. and that's a fair point. but i wouldn't want to let that point undercut the value of what we've got with our european allies. in afghanistan, for example, they were shoulder to shoulder with us after 9/11, actually in the field. we should remember that at the same time that we urge them to spend a little bit more on defense. >> it does seem the president has the balance wrong especially because of the timing of his summit with vladimir putin, which is something he agreed to knowing that he was going to nato first. john kerry issued a statement today after watching the president saying why would an american president whose first nato meeting last year was a disaster show up in belgium this year just to prove he does not understand how vital alliances have made a huge difference for the security of the united states and the lives of european

listen to what jones the meca had to say donald trump's tactics appear to have what european nato allies are all up their financial commitments. to be fair this whole process started way before donald trump was u.s. president it started in two thousand and fourteen with a different security situation with russia having taken crimea with the situation in eastern ukraine also what's happening on the southern borders of nato but yes it seems that was able through his rhetoric in the strategies to add some more urgency to the turnaround and it seems like he was reassured by the other allies that they would up the spending in the coming coming years to reach that goal of two percent that the nato allies more or less committed to again it's not a binding goal but they committed to aim towards those two percent and next only a trump and miss him a contentious comments about germany saying it was controlled and captive of russia something he walked back on today let's first take a listen to what he had to say. germany is coming along and we still have to figure out what's going on with the pipel

do we know who our allies are at this point? president trump seems determined to create a new world order here where friend are foes. and foes, as president puts it, are, competitors. >> i really can't say right now. as far as i know a competitor. getting along is a good thing. not a bad thing. >> the president doesn't seem concerned about his upcoming one-on-one, remember that, one-on-one summit with vladamir putin. >> though i have -- nato. i have the uk is in somewhat turmoil. i have putin. frankly, putin may be the easiest of them all. >> the easiest of them all. in a sign of just how upside down the world is right now. the u.s. embassy is warning americans to keep a low profile in london. london. the embassy warning demonstrators during president trump's visit called tract large crowds, unfriendly to u.s. citizens. london. more on all of that in just a moment. but i just want to talk about piece of the news i just discussed with chris. it would be a disgrace of this got lost in the never ending parade of headlines. remember

to do all this, nato wants money from allies.dent often refers to allies paying their fair share. but he's really talking about what they spend on their own militaries. back in 2006, nato countries agreed to send 2% on their own defense and military readiness. only 5 of 29 countries meet the goal. wot noting, by the way, poland, and others are basically within a few bucks of hitting that. complaining about defense spending is nothing new. presidents dating back to john kennedy have done this but president trump is unique in just how tough he is with nato calling it obsolete at one point, reversing that assessment once he got elected. when you look at the numbers, this is something that i know bugs you. you've been tweeting about it a lot. they are misleading, the way he talks about this. >> and everyone here is really -- everyone, the foreign ministers and defense ministers say they want to get past this 2%. this is a pledge, not a law, not a requirement. it's a pledge to in good faith spend that much of your gdp. defense ministe

the context let's look at how the allies got to this decision point. 1943 on the allies at an important turning point and they had been off the threat of their defeat in 1942 with three pivotal battles, midway, [inaudible] and stalingrad another had face-off with the difficult task of working together and going on the offensive in our best to do that. now, there were differing national circumstances that led the two countries to different view of what that strategy are to be. in that overall sense the worldview that comes from empire and the worldview that comes from a nation coming out of isolationism one in decline and one in dissent and they are at an intersection there. then there were also issues that had grown up in the interwar period since the end of world war i and there was resentment and trade protectionism and a lot of misunderstandings built on stereotypes and that was pervaded society in both countries and affected the military as well and made it difficult for the military leadership of each country to trust the other. they had to overcome that. the british were strugglin

he's a great advocate for cyprus and cyprus is a great partner, a great ally, strategic ally, and we'll continue -- will continue to be. so we wanted to make sure, we wanted to highlight that this evening and i think we have. so, mr. speaker, i'll yield back the balance of my time and i now move that the house adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands off the floor, freedom caught this members introduced articles of impeachment against deputy attorney general is. alleges heease intentionally withheld documents in connection with a 2016 2017 transition of donald trump. robert lighthizer is scheduled to testify on capitol hill. he is expected to comment on the trump administration's trade policy including terror factions and the agencies i-19 budget. live coverage at 945 a.m. eastern on c-span three 90 can listen live on the free c-span radio app. -- and you can listen live on the free c-span

they are a nato ally.e back for my meeting somewhat encouraged that we can start over in a win-win fashion securing the northeastern part of syria and they can be a better ally when it comes to pushing back against iran and isis. >> dana: did you talk to him about this idea that they would want to buy and s400 antiaircraft system? and do you think he wants to go forward with a? and if he does, will the congress vote to put sanctions on turkey since that's allowed? >> senator graham: we are not going to sell turkey the f35. our most advanced fighter and allow them to buy the most advanced soviet antiaircraft system. it will just be a matter of time before the as/400 would be used in a fashion to undermine the f35. they have to pick. i would like them to buy the patriot missile battery made by the united states and our partners. they are a neato partner. they need to release the pastor, who has been held in my view way too long, very much illegally. but you've got to remember that the president was under sie

the president trump continues to hammer allies over their spending. he was up early and tweeting of course. and the white house offers up an explanation of why chief of staff john kelly looked uncomfortable and it's not what you may think. good the federal judge orders that paul manafort be transferred from a jail where he has been treated like a "vip." >> good morning, it's thursday july 12th. we are going to start with president trump in brussels, for day two of the nato summit. it has been a highly contentious affair for president trump to say the least, as he continues to attack allies with a protection racket, to describe the involvement in the alliance. he said presidents have been trying unsuccessfully for years to get germany and other rich nato nations to pay more toward their protection from russia. they pay only a fraction of their cost. the u.s. pays 10s of billions of dollars to much to subsidize europe and loses big on trade. and in a follow-up, tweeting that germany wants "protection from rush a-- from russia," attendees repeated that n

what does this mean for allies. >> our allies are bracing for the worst case scenario, which is a bad nato meeting that is followed up by a good putin meeting. it would be disastrous for them. north carolina is far away from europe. putin is in their backyard. he's the main adversary in many ways. when you pull back, and look at this putin is an experienced world leader, one of the senior figures on the world stage right now. the russians see diplomacy as a zero sum game 37 they are trying to revise the terms of the end of the cold war, which they thought was an unfair victory dance by the west. donald trump has presented them an enormous opportunity to do so. i win, you lose. he's not a win-win kind of guy. mark's point is taken here. he has this grandiose vision of himself as a deal maker, what is the deal he wants to make with putin, it seems to be only the deal that would be favor an to putin. sutzen, rick, thank you. >>> the trump administration failing to meet today's deadline to reunite 102 children five years old and under separated from their parents at the border. that's not

the allied artillery is not as effective. you do not rely on huge amount of trenches seen by aircraft. you go with concrete pillboxes. machine guns with interlocking fields of fire. so when the allies attack your observation post, pick them up, drop the artillery. they get to the top of the hill and you start bringing in as much fire as you can. the minute the allies go on the other side of the hill, the officers in their chateaus, have no idea where they are. now the allies have to pick their way through these interlocking machine guns. as they are doing that, their officers are getting lost, they are short on supplies. then and only then do the germans launched their counterattack. right when the allies think they figured it out, the germans change the game. world war i is also bringing in lots of high-tech. they are trying to break through the trenches. we have a couple technologies that they will play with. technologies that with some development we still see in the military today. one of the first ones is, you're going t

leaders bombastic rhetoric may have made allies reach for their wallets quicker first but it's becoming counterproductive says jeff ruthy of the center for strategic and international studies germans don't want to be seen as compliant with trump he explains and americans may be turning against germany. certainly americans see the united states engaged globally they want to know that our allies stand with us and when they hear the president making accusations in particular toward germany that it's not pulling its share of the weight as he puts it i think that has an effect over time many allies spend less on defense than germany but this keep the trump tirades this is also an opportunity for european leaders to show solidarity. you know the fact that the president is focusing on singling her. how does that everyone can just in the back and tears and that her write it out but with many of their own records of underspending in the spotlight european leaders are likely to keep their heads down and let marigold bear the brunt of trump on her own. well i'm joined tonight by douglas lute he se