he builds what are called micro fulfillment centers, scaled down versions of these amazon giants so the medium business can take an order, find it and ship it out in a matter of minutes. thanks for joining us, max. it is really amazon's biggest advantage, right? how they have thought out these giant fulfillment centers where you haven't got one person paging through all kinds of shelves looking. it is happening just like that. these fulfillment centers are amazing. >> so, scott, you are spot-on. it is about creating that magic in which the goods come to that human. and it is those robots and humans working hand in hand and creating that precise work that it's very productive and it's very great results to those end shoppers. >> so you are able to do this specifically with grocery stores. though, one could imagine this would be for any type of business. on a much scaled down approach, a medium sized business would be able to afford this and fit it in their existing warehouse. >> indeed. what we have designed these rebots is in the back room of a super market, you can actually install the

globally in spite of coke at 19 all forms of online commerce and learning especially at the retail giant amazon 25 years ago today jeff bezos launched it as a book store since then it has absolutely reshaped how we shop. this is how it looked in 1905 and this is where it's led millions of products that go well beyond books a logistics operation of unprecedented scale cutting edge consumer technology for help and feedback and the world's richest man. how to quantify amazon it's the largest online retailer in the u.s. by a long shot easily eclipsing competitors like walmart and e-bay it's estimated that 6 out of 10 u.s. households have a prime account. it also overshadows china's biggest players amazon raked in $280000000000.00 in revenue and 2019 almost 4 times what ali baba and j.d. dot com did but it's not just sales that separates amazon it's early embrace of technology put it well ahead of its competitors. they are the most advanced sophisticated corporation we have ever seen in terms of taking big data. artificial intelligence and machine learning and integrating. tools into our own lives a

coming up, the tech giants capitalizing on the pandemic. earnings surge for apple, amazon, facebook, and alphabet. is that it? only place u.s. consumers are spending money? is bloomberg. ♪ >> welcome back to bloomberg markets. 40 minutes away from the start of cash equity trading. we see futures turning a little bit higher. they had been down. although ftse futures have been up, they are increasing as well read german virus numbers have past 24by 989 in the hours. let's get the first word news's. go to laura wright in london. >> the economic rebound in the u.s. is looking even shakier. shrunk the most on record. the labor market is showing signs of strains. the number of people continuing to claim unemployment benefits rose by almost 900,000. it is something he does not have the power to do alone and would need the backing of congress. mitch mcconnell says the date is set in stone. lockdownsas reimposed across the north of england. some britons have been failing obey social distancing measures. they will no longer be able to meet indoors with people from other household re

business show you can't afford to mess up their minds as they're going to washington coming up tech giant amazon apple facebook and google all testified before congress a year long probe into that process and. 10 you look at some of the damages and the pandemic let's call it spend one we have a lot to get through so let's get started. on one day 4 of the most powerful men in the united states tech industry they're being questioned on whether their platforms have violated antitrust laws in recent years as they've risen to dominate the internet now artie's rachel blevins joins us with the latest rachel what have we heard so far was there as we saw c.e.o.'s from the 4 largest tech companies in the country testified before the house judiciary antitrust subcommittee as part of an investigation looking at whether they have achieved such a major monopoly that they are now illegally stifling their much smaller competitors because of the crown of virus pandemic these testimonies are being carried out virtually and the line up includes the c.e.o.'s of all the betting google facebook apple and amazon now e

apple,s of tech giants amazon and facebook indoor questions from u.s.awmakers for more than five hours, accusing them of having too much power. >> these companies that exist today have napoli power. some need to be broken up, all need to be properly regulated and held accountable. joining us now is tiffany mcgee. giving us her take on what is happening. did anything yesterday change your view of these companies? tiffany: good morning. no. like watching a show. when it comes to these companies, each one of them has their issues. with facebook, it is there competitors. with apple, it is control of apps. with google, control over research and with amazon, it is leverage over third-party sellers. amazon was up 63% at the end of the day. so far, apple is up 29%. 500 is just about .5% higher for the year. represent 34.5% of the nasdaq 100. we are talking about huge mobile and while they have their issues, they are not going anywhere. greatthis is such a point. the way that you screen investments is through an esg lens. that is a little typical. when you have

the ceo's of tech giants, amazon, facebook, apple and google today, testifying before a house judiciarycommittee. lawmakers questioning four of the world's richest men in their virtual hearing about their massive companies that dominate technology and social media. the tech titans are worth about $200 billion, looking every bit the part of avaricious and voracious masters of the universe looking to destroy anything in their path. just kidding. all four ceos looked passive as they demurred to the awesome power of the u.s. congress. they were dismissive of any notion, they of all people would stifle competition or could in any way strangle free speech and crush conservative voices and votes. they claim to be the fartherrest thing from monopolists or oligarchs. they compete not only against one another and viciously but against others. google's ceo, sundar pichai, claims his company faces intense competition, yet somehow, some way, google manages to dominate search traffic, accounting for, are you ready, almost 92% of all searches done online, 92%. that is very close to monopolistic, don't

lawmakers press the leaders of apple facebook google and amazon and congress they accuse the tech giants of killing off the competition to boost profits also coming up. the u.s. slashes its military presence in germany by a full 3rd the decision coming after president trump repeatedly said berlin was quote delinquent on its defense spending.

congress has question the heads of some of the world's biggest tech giants google amazon and apple are accused of stifling competition and monopolizing the industry it's the end of a year on congressional investigation which wants to outline how current laws allow the companies to avoid liabilities alan fischer reports he now is the ranking member of fittingly the tech giants appeared virtually to face questions the subcommittee chairman making clear he sees a problem their dominance is killing the small businesses and you factoring in the overall dynamism of the engines of the american economy their ability to dictate terms call the shots up and entire sectors and inspire fear represent the powers of a private government this was meant to be an inquiry into business practices do the 4 companies google amazon apple and facebook stifle rivals and kill competition one republican immediately made clear he also wanted to talk about bias online we love the fact that these are american companies but what's not great is censoring people censoring conserves and trying to impact elections and i

just as walmart is preparing to launch the walmart plus online delivery program to take on amazon, the retail giantather stunning historic announcement, they have announced that $428 million of their money will go to additional bonuses for workers this year bringing the total to 1.1 billion full-time hourly associates will bring 300 bucks and part-time will receive $150. drivers, managers and assistant managers will also get bonuses but check this out, another change announced, walmart and sam's club will be closed this year on thanksgiving. no black friday. stay home, stay healthy and we don't want to deal with it. retailers are not the only ones walmart up two thirds of 8%, change amid the pandemic, remember when we should do these guys from clinton holmes a few years ago, the tiny home that people were rushing to buy, up next, that is nothing when it comes to tiny. why the little home market, that she shed market is the next big thing, we will take you through a live one, where the company is way ahead of everybody else in this game. "the claman countdown" is coming right back, the dow is up 192

the ceo's of tech giants, amazon, facebook, apple and google today, testifying before a house judiciaryoning four of the world's richest men in their virtual hearing about their massive companies that dominate technology and social media. the tech titans are worth about $200 billion, looking every bit the part of avaricious and voracious masters of the universe looking to

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sports team or any giant business really this is what you're going to do based on what we're going to do we're not selling your merchandise anymore right pretty much and when amazon does it that's the giant you know nike kind of kicked it off a removing all their or the washington football team's word i don't know that yet another they did that a few days ago then wal-mart target dick's sporting goods as you mentioned other retailers followed suit but now today as you just said in the last hour amazon drop them larry king might be right there by monday they're on a strict time limit now to change the name i wonder what we should name him if not the redskins or the red hawks the red tails there's a couple names in the works that could probably go with that doesn't necessarily single out a type of race or a human being right or nationality here all right so i don't know if you got it so we're talking about m.l.s. now the m.l.s. is kicking off tonight as we talked about the major league soccer so they're trying to be the 1st major men's league here in the u.s. domestically to have their sport continue now and they're going to do that as we've talked about with the n

and washington coming out tech giant from amazon apple facebook and google all testified before congress your long probe into that. and more when you look at some of the damages and the pandemic let's call it the best one we have a lot to get started. on one day 4 of the most powerful men.

lawmakers press the leaders of apple facebook google and amazon in congress they accuse the tech giants of killing off the competition to boost profits also coming up. the u.s. slashes its military presence in germany by a full 3rd the decision coming after president trump repeatedly said berlin was quote delinquent on its defense spending. and nigeria's appetite for wild game meat often puts endangered species on the butchers for w. follows one man's quest to save wild animals before entire species are wiped out. and a giant leap in the search for life on mars nasa preparing to launch a new mission that it hopes will help solve the riddle of the red planet. i'm brian thomas critelli with us today global tech giants have been accused by u.s. lawmakers of creating unfair market conditions that suppress competition for of america's biggest names and technology have appeared before congress to answer questions from an antitrust battle the leaders of facebook google apple and amazon deny that they're crushing competitors and acting like cartel. america's tech titans on the defensive faceboo

and washington coming out tech giant geo from amazon apple facebook and google all testified before congress following a year long probe into antitrust laws and cut short tenure a little just some of the damages amid the pandemic. we have a lot to get through to the let's just start. on one day 4 of the most powerful men in the united states tech industry they're being questioned on whether their platforms have violated antitrust laws in recent years as they've risen to dominate the internet now artie's rachel blevins joins us with the latest rachel what have we heard so far was there as we saw c.e.o.'s from the 4 largest tech companies in the country testified before the house judiciary antitrust subcommittee as part of an investigation.

iffs, wep, tech and tar talk about the battle between france and tech giants like amazon, facebook, googleis is bloomberg. ♪ >> it is time for the bloomberg business flash. american airlines reportedly had threatened to cancel some of its boeing 737 max orders. the airline has struggled to find financing for 17 of the planes it expects boeing to deliver this year. max has been grounded for more than a year after two fatal crashes. for the first time ever, investors have that $20 billion bet $20 billion against a stock. shorted close to that mark. raised its amazon price target to the highest on wall street. it said it expects u.s. e-commerce sales to rise 43% by 2022 and expects amazon to continue to dominate in the pandemic surge for online sales. alix: thank you so much. something else i'm watching as we deal with markets, as we deal with copper over $6,400, the highest price since may 2016. part of that is going to be a supply issue. you have unions in chile, the world's largest producer, creating problems getting back to work in the midst of the pandemic. there has to be some underlyin

the ceos of tech giants amazon, facebook, apple and google today testifying before a house judiciarycommittee. lawmakers four of the world's richest men in their virtual hearing about their massive companies that dominate technology and social media. the tech titans are worth about $200 billion. looking every bit the part of voracious masters of the universe looking to destroy anything in their path. just kidding. all four ceos

lawmakers press the leaders of apple facebook google and amazon in congress when they choose the tech giants of killing off the competition to boost profits. i'm brian thomas good to have you with us today germany is officially in a deep recession with the economy contract in by 10 point one percent in the last quarter it's the sharpest fall in the country's modern history the figures cover the period during which the country was in its most restrictive lockdown face close borders shut down shops and production halted thousands of work places dealt a severe blow to small businesses and many export dependent industries and europe's biggest the cup. let's go straight to the financial correspondent chelsea doing he's standing by in frankfurt for us to date you josie what have been some of the reactions to these numbers well it's really just a stunning stunning number to see. broken basically every record for the sharpness and the steepness of a quarterly contraction so it's certainly a bit of a blow people were obviously braced for a big decline obviously given the state of the economy and thos

using their strength in se ecommerce to go into new businesses and it's interesting that amazon, another huge tech giantthe one that is challenging or could challenge in the future the duopoly that facebook and google has i don't know that's a great argument because lawmakers are looking for the smaller players, how these guys may be stifling competition on their side. i'm not sure how effective that's going to be, but i expect that pichai could fall back on that certainly. >> be interesting. certainly shares seem unconcerned at the moment right now as fang is holding up well ahead of that hearing. thank you. who better to talk about this than roger mcnamee and author of "zucked. i think we know who you're most interested in today. >> carl, actually i think this is a broader day and we should all pay attention to it. i think there's an opportunity to recognize that the moment is very different from all the past hearings we have seen on capitol hi hill, george floyd has caused a moment of national self reflection and i think one of the core things here is that relative to the economy we have seen that op

amazon delivery driver. the chp cannot confirm. >> the giants on the field at oracle park for the first day of conditioning in months. >> will file to pressure to change the name? the company is calling on the washington redskins to drop their racist mascot. >> the president addressing thousands at an independence day celebration at mount why those critical of the event have raised concerns from public health to the monument it so. >> this weekend we bring you the best of pride 50. generations of hope. and airs tomorrow right after the news at 11 and again on and a on our sister station starting seven >> looking live at oracle park where the giants began their work out today after four months off due to the pandemic. >> the team began not spring but summer training. >> su ainisummer camp . spring training 2.0. i can tell you this. it was safety first at oracle park. we had to fill out a health russian air, get our temperature check before walking in. here is brandon crawford loosening up with a football. he is the starting quarterback. go falcons. check the new bullpen in centerfield. a light workout for over

>>> good morning tech tough futures point to a higher open positive reports from tech giants apple, facebook, amazon and alphabet we are ready to bring you complete coverage. plus the stimulus continues in washington with no sign of a deal as federal unemployment benefits set to expire within hours the latest plus the market implications coming up it is friday, july 31, 2020. "squawk box" begins right now. >>> good morning i'm becky quick with andrew ross sorkin and wilford frost the last trading day of the week and month. the deal not getting done for any additional stimulus at this point. you are looking at the dow futures up

first: they don't get any bigger than facebook, amazon, google and apple. these giantsal tech wield huge power and influence the world over, nowhere more than in the us. and their role has come under scrutiny in a congressional inquiry, where they were accused of being too dominant in the market — while their political leanings were also questioned. all four of them put their ceos up to defend their companies. mark zuckerberg, jeff bezos, sundar pichai and tim cook have all been questioned. our tech correspondent james clayton has been watching the hearing. these four titans of tech run the companies that are worth nearly £4 trillion. today they were grilled over whether their companies are too big, and whether they stifle competition. the richest man in the world, jeff bezos, runs amazon, which accounts for around 40% of online retail in the states. mark zuckerberg is the boss of facebook, instagram and whatsapp, with more than 2 billion users worldwide. google and youtube is run by this man — sundar pichai. around 90% of all internet searches are on google. and apple

amazon an facebod google in your backyard delivering extraordinary benefits, online shopping, whatever it might be, we would kill for a bit of that in europe. they failed to produce a single digital giant to rival facebook, amazon, google, or their rivals. we have a very centralized system that tells them what to do and we pick fights with big silicon valley companies all the time. they are constantly trying to take them down a peg. .. >> and it turned out the manufacturers didn't want the regulation to favor dyson's product which works fine with dustin it. it was designed to increase that power usage they didn't want to have to reveal the fact so they lobbied for this regulation which is different elsewhere in the world so dyson goes to court the court found against him with the freedom of information act to find out who was lobbying and sure enough that the appalling corporate lobbying regulations were struck down now five years had passed that is the straitjacket within which european innovators have to work and that by the way is one of the reasons why dyson was one of the leaders of the campaign for brexit. instead of using those european standards and competitive and open and fre

during the pandemic, check out amazon, the online retail giant crossing $3,000 per share for the firstas hit that top, today's closer says not so fast. scott redler is here. you've been own the show with liz repeatedly. you talked about apple with her. you talked about amazon with her when it was at 2,000. now look at it, pretty impressive record for you. >> thank you, i appreciate that. tech has been on a roll. high beta tech is fantastic, following technicals perfectly. i want to bring you more. google is one of the fang names not made all-time high. all-time high for google is 1530. i do think if you're looking for another momentum name with a point of reference to get above i think google is something you can focus on this week. we focus on some other ones bid extended and a bit tougher to trade. i think google has more room in that realm. cheryl: you like alphabet. i also want to talk about sonos with you. i haven't heard this name much differently. >> sonos is different type of trade to the terrible. this one is not as fast as furious. it is in the stay at home camp but actually

they were backed by 60 other colleges, 17 attorneys general along with bay area based tech giants like amazon facebook and twitter within minutes of the court proceeding the government ended up coming out and telling the judge that they are pulling back on the plan. so that means that students who are here from foreign countries can remain here while they take their classes online or in person in the fall, immigration attorneys said that this would have been very messy for the 1 million students who already live here. >>they rent apartments, they buy cars. you know some of them have part-time jobs. it's really easy to say we'll just you know just do everything online or just go home but we're dealing with people's lives in there is just so much confusion about that and how do you break the lease if you didn't have to leave united states quickly that had you know major financial repercussions, so yeah we've seen it across the board, you know both emotionally mentally economically been a very hard time for international student. >>so it may be off the plate for now, but she went on to say that

congress questions that heads of apple amazon google and facebook on anti competitive behavior have the internet giants become too powerful and is that a need for new laws to regulate them this is a side story. hello welcome to the program on amazon apple google and facebook for companies that have changed the way we live work shop and stay in touch with our friends and family but the american tech giants have long been accused of abusing their power to drive out competition and mishandling user data the u.s. congress has been investigating their business practices for years old wednesday politicians question the firm's chief executives as they consider changes to anti trust laws will bring in our guests in a moment but 1st this report in washington d.c. . you know as the ranking member of fittingly the tech giants appeared virtually to face questions the subcommittee chairman making clear he sees a problem their dominance is killing the small businesses and you factoring in the overall dynamism that are the engines the american economy their ability to dictate terms call the shots up and entire sector

we look at one company we have not mentioned there, amazon, huge numbers, expectations, what the demand in e-commerce means for the tech giants bloomberg. ♪ ♪ amazon out with second-quarter results yesterday. it was a humongous quarter was showing signs the company can make money, in fact, much greater profits than expected. despite spending heavily through the pandemic. i want to bring in our guest. -- workedfor amazon for amazon for 10 years and helped it to launch its advertising business. melissa, great to have you. we would love to hear your high level takeaway from amazon's notlts, a company we have seen big profits from, despite the money they make. what is your take? yeah, it is pretty insane. it was their largest quarterly profit in their history. i was surprised. prioritizedit, they essentials, hand sanitizer, toilet paper, the grocery business grew. they sold a lot of stuff. on the call yesterday, they said it came from a reduction in marketing, so they did stop spending on google search for 12 and other things. business grew faster than the other business, and it is much more profitable for amazon. aws, of course

tech giants such as google amazon and netflix which have millions of european users have watched this case closely given the possible ramifications for their own transfer of data. ok what does it mean let's talk about this breaking news story now with arthur sullivan from the business daily you nice to see you again arthur. run maximums rather won this case back in 2015 what's different this time around that's right brian so this is going on for a year or so back in 2015 max ramsey is a privacy companion from austria won a very very similar case against facebook which required the arrangement between the e.u. and america over how it changed exchanges data to be changed the old sort of gentleman's agreement it's loosely described as was called safe harbor the case he wanted 2015 meant he had to be changed to a new agreement called privacy should what has happened today is the court has said that this privacy shield agreement also needs to be changed so that it's inadequate and that there are some protections and there's a lack of protections as to how european users data will be treate

and also the giants like amazon and microsoft have been expanding their data capacity in the cloud.andbag us again, liz. we'll have to see. liz: boy to see a 60-dollar stock, for years this thing was, 30? intel has made big moves over the past couple years. ashley, thank you. >>> we are just as we said hours away from the first pitch on baseball finally opening day but with the economy behind in the count, which sectors are hitting home runs, which ones are striking out as we look ahead? ubs managing director, senior portfolio manager jason katz. let's go. give me a sense, what should be up at bat or in the doghouse or certainly in the including house. >> well, liz, i think it is time for a lineup change. growth has clearly been batting .500 and value hasn't made contact here. liz: okay. >> i think you will see a shift here, inside, a shift where you're going to see growth start to take a back seat where value can play catchup. we have never seen disparity with respect to performance. growth up 16% this year. value down nearly 13%. liz: but looking at the second half of the year let

that you have you know so many people relying on just one or 2 big e-commerce giants you know i'm thinking of companies like amazon right there simply are sucking up all the oxygen in the room long term that's very bad for the u.s. economy when mom and pop shops go out of business small businesses can't survive and one or 2 massive e-commerce giants kind of take over the whole space and then collection i mean i know amazon basically has everything but there are some like nice items like you really got to go to a mom and pop shop to go get right then so all of this cashless society it can be convenient for us consumers and it's certainly good for the banks and good for the credit card companies because they charge processing fees but it's not good for those small business owners like i just talked about those merchants. that's that's absolutely correct look the the there's a huge misnomer here this idea that if we move to a cashless society that it's good for everyone it's more convenient it's not good as you said if you own a small business because you're having to pay transaction fees of anywhere from 2 to 2.5 pe

our americaca -- are america's tech giants killing the competition? google and amazon, defending their companies today in a grilling by u.s. lawmakers. and feeling close to your god by keeping a distance from others. the annual pilgrimage which normally draws millions of worshipers begins under tight pandemic restrictions am drastically diminished numbers -- and drastically diminished numbers. ♪ i'm brent goff. to our viewers here and around the world, welcome. the u.s. has unveiled plans to withdraw nearly 12,000 troops from germany. a third of its military footprint in the country. president trump testifying the move today, saying germany has not been paying enough for its defense. the u.s. "did not want to be the suckers anymore." term in leaders say they regret the decision. -- german leaders say they regret the decision. reporter: the reduction of troops stationed in germany. even more will be leaving than expected. the u.s. secretary of defense announced the withdrawal, downplaying the significance. >> it is important to note in nato's history, the size, composit

levi, just under 13 bucks a share. >>> let's check the retail giants, walmart and amazon. walmart is launching its own program to compete with amazon prime, called walmart plus. let's bring in jeff flock, who is at an amazon store in illinois. jeff, this rivalry is really heating up. reporter: the clash of the titans. i thought it would be interesting to show you what an amazon grocery store is going to look like. this opens i think in september in a former babies-r-us store. hope they have better luck with amazon than babies-r-us. but it's amazon getting into walmart's brick and mortar space and now it's walmart getting into amazon's online space. take a look at walmart plus, what it offers. it's cheaper than amazon prime, $98. you get same-day grocery delivery and same-day delivery on a lot of stuff. something that amazon prime does not offer, that's a discount on gas at amazon gas stations. that's a positive. and early access to deals which you get on prime, too. prime is $119 a year. of course, it's been around 15 years and have consequently 150 million members. also e

congress questions that heads of apple amazon google and facebook on anti competitive behavior how the internet giantsbecome too powerful and is that a need if the new rules to regulate them this is inside story. hello welcome to the program on amazon apple google and facebook for companies that have changed the way we live show up and stay in touch with our friends and family but the american tech giants have long been accused of abusing their power to.

amazon's latest retailer to stop selling washington redskins merchandise. the giantave them 48 hours to take any related items off-line and it comes as active as your new calls for pro football teams to change inekit under review. >>> that is your money watch report. for more, go to cbsmoneywatch.com. >>> here is sfo, where united airlines has suspended all flights to and from hong kong at sfo and all other u.s. airports. it is due to new coronavirus screening requirements on flight crews. >>> it is for:46. let's check the weather with mary. >>> good morning, we are going to be warming up as we go through our day. even warmer compared to yesterday. here is the salesforce tower camera with mainly clear skies and we are in the 50s to low 60s. concord is 60 degrees and 58 in oakland, san jose is 56 and 52 for santa rosa. let's check the winds. seven mile an hour winds at sfo, 50 mile an hour winds in concord and breezy in fairfield. so a warming trend is kicking in as we are going to see temperatures climb into the mid- 90s for some of our hottest spots inland today. we

amazon controls 40% of the u.s. percent to e-commerce space, it is a giant.political discussion is have some of these tech companies got so big that they need to be broken up? that is where they will face a grilling and jeff bezos will certainly face some questions on that. final thoughts? >> you know we saw this with microsoft 20 years ago, they face the scrutiny because of the control that they had over the desktop market space. certainly jeff bezos, the car organizer made by a company here in new york city, a company in brooklyn was making out and there's a lot of small companies that are saying that amazon is buying into and investing in their small companies only to learn their trade secrets. i think this will be an interesting day and we are definitely not out of the woods, this is just the beginning of what will likely be a long marathon of investigations. >> trace: it's fascinating to watch this. we will see where the news comes from, brett larson, thank you. >> trace: joe biden attacking a trump campaign ad attacking "law & order" and how swing voter

lawmakers grilled the leaders of apple facebook google and amazon in the congress they use the tech giants are killing off the competition and the boos from fits. and 4 months after the last ball was balanced the n.b.a.'s character gets returned the new season will be held at disney world in florida but will it be a fairy tale slam dunk. i brought down the street have you with us today the united states has unveiled its plans to withdraw nearly 12000 troops from germany a 3rd of its military footprint in the country defense officials say the move is align with addressing new threats from china and russia but president trump has tied the reduction to germany's defense spending. a historic reduction in the number of american troops stationed in germany even more will be leaving than expected. the u.s. secretary of defense mark asper announced the withdrawal downplaying its significance it is important to note that in nato is 71 year history the size composition and disposition of u.s. forces in europe has changed many times but u.s. president donald trump said the move is meant to send a mes