>> he's talking about the nord stream 2. this would end up in a town which is in northern germany. the important thing about nord stream 2 is not where it goes, it goes under water, the important thing is where it doesn't go. it doesn't go through ukraine or poland. that's why this is controversial inside germany and berlin and bonn but not for the reasons that president trump is talking about. the concern among some allies and even those inside merkel's government, the foreign minister in particular has expressed concern about this, is if you have nord stream 2, you don't need the initial one and that means that russia won't have any disincentives from marching through the ukraine. there's some very hot rhetoric in the german press about the potential dangers of nord stream 2, it's all being reviewed. but the idea that germany is dependent on russia and therefore has an incentive to work with russia because they only have their gas, the trade is much more in the other direction. russia needs the export markets in germany. germany doesn't necessarily need the export markets inside

nord stream one. he is a political adviser to putin, which i think it is scandalous.m berlin, olaf henkel. contrary to what donald trump tells us, it would seem trade wars are not that easy to win. not that he is backing down. quite the reverse. the white house has just threatened new tarrifs on $200 billion of chinese goods. beijing said it is shocked at the scale of the latest proposals and is considering how it will retaliate. so is this now a trade war? the new york times has composed this timeline — starting in january, when the us first imposed tariffs on washing machines and solar panels. each blue dot represents a product, the size of the dot reflects how much was imported into the united states in 2017. in march, new duties were imposed on steel and aluminium — which the eu, canada and mexico were initially exempt from. in april, china responded with tariffs of its own on $3 billion worth of american products. those orange dots on the rights are us exports. the eu soon retaliated — slapping duties on $7.1 billion worth of us goods. canada followed suit... the

but that's what this pipeline, this nord stream pipeline between russia and germany do. it increases the amount of natural gas that germany will be buying from russia. germany should absolutely reject the nord stream pipeline as part of their reduction on the dependence of russia. that would help strength the influence and the threat that russia continuallyism poses to our nato allies. it would help our other allies in the region because right now a lot of russian gas travels through pipelines that cross ukraine and other countries into central europe. these countries get a lot of their energy through these pipelines as well. russia hanes vaded parts of eastern ukraine. russia has taken over crimea. if russia has another new pipeline to help export its natural gas, it can just shut off the revenue from four countries like -- poor countries like ukraine. it can shut off their energy completely. one of the things that president trump has done that i think has been helpful and i have been calling for during the obama administration is providing lethal weapons to ukraine to

thursday when he gave this news conference he seemed to have changed his tune a little bit about nord stream. it is going to be a good relationship with russia so they'll be a lot less problem with the pipeline but to me that was a very major point of contention we discussed it at length today germany has agreed to do a lot better than they were doing and we're very happy with it we had a very good relationship with uncle merkel well one thing you certainly can't accuse the u.s. president of is a lack of self belief particularly his own diplomatic skills he was talking up his ability to get a deal not just for the united states but perhaps for even. his nato partners when he went off to speak to. putin in helsinki next week now he's left this nato summit now he's off to the united kingdom where he has a state visit to go to before that meeting with their the russian president but what will be interesting to see considering donald trump spent most of this press conference saying how it was on him why he had been able to agree to the other nato member state leaders to agree to pay more money i

the nord stream pipeline was to cut all of the european mainland pipelines out and they may have gonen to other european nations. times have changed enormously. the german chancellor, gerhart schroeder who hatched that deal, now works for a successor part of the pipeline, the nord stream 2 that's supposed to come in some time in the months ahead. as nnin was saying, angela merkl is wise to that and they're looking at liquid gas, potentially from the united states, to take up needs in the german gas market. but more importantly, donald trump in his sort of historical role as u.s. commander in chief, is supposed to come along and be the leader of the nato alliance, not the man to point out its holes. and right now we have all the neighbors along russia's borders here with eastern europe deeply in need of extra military enforcement. norway are asking for more u.s. troops to come in and assist on their borders. many exercises along other parts of the russian border, too, to bolster readiness. and instead now, this key summit, the white house had laying out key demands, frankly, of people

an important meeting between trump and putin do you expect trying to raise these concerns about nord stream at this upcoming summit with lattimer put. i don't claim any special powers to predict what will come out of trump's various orifices but i think it's entirely possible that what i think is is critical is that trump is willing to speak with russia and presents russia as a reasonable nation with whom he can go and speak of oh well the democrats and some republicans in washington and most people in the united states who own televisions say otherwise and are horrified and terrified of russia and want nato strengthened and kept in place because it's a tool for the europeans to serve as the as the protectors of the united states from the evil russian threat this is this is what drives this and congress's interest in passing the buck on wars to nato and humanitarian warriors interests and making wars seem to have some sort of legal international sanction through nato rather than the united nations and the weapons stealers interests in profits of lattimer putin ought to talk with donald trum

its gas imports and for germany that number is forty four percent the construction of the second nord stream pipeline well out for russia to double its gas natural gas imports into germany which is going to help german chancellor angela merkel meet her goal of phasing out nuclear energy in germany by the year twenty twenty while still reducing the country's carbon footprint so it seems as though trump has to accept that the pipeline is going through. our tears on your poor pill from helsinki finland thank you on your pre-show your time. and for more on this key energy issue regarding russia and germany leading up to today's meeting we were joined by r.t. correspondent peter oliver who joins us from berlin peter thank you so much what's your reaction there in germany over this pipeline criticism. well many germans in fact that includes angular merkel in key members of our own cabinet view this pipeline as essential if we look at germany's energy usage last year they used fifty three billion cubic meters of natural gas what north stream two would guarantee as its base would be fifty five billi

this came after germany and a number of other european countries approved the construction of the nord stream two gas pipeline this is a pipeline that would run directly from russia into the european union now while markel denied the allegations that germany is a captive of anybody lavrov had this to say about it how did you react when the when president trump said that germany is totally controlled by russia i can only quote what the president said when he was asked by the president putin this he is his friend who said he is compared to a strong competitor but speaking of competition i've always believed in free competition because free market is about a competition and when the united states. use the period said the north. must be stopped and those european countries whose companies would be participating in this project would be sanctioned by the united states because because the united states useful computations and russian. you supposed to be war critic american guess then you sort of but this is not because i mean this is no competition this is a duel that now shifting back to america l

all the business projects with with the europe including for example, nord stream ii our purely commercially, physical. there is no political subtext to get. the key to ensuring security and stability in europe is in expanding cooperation and rebuilding trust not in deploying new military bases and military infrastructure close to russian borders, which is what is happening right now. such aggressive actions post direct threat to russia. we will respond to them appropriately. to our colleagues, trying to draw ukraine or georgia into nato should consider the consequences of their irresponsible policies. what we need today is constructive positive agenda bringing our positions closer. this is what was discussed them a meeting with u.s. president donald trump. even though our views are vastly different, we both agreed that relations between russia and the u.s. are unsatisfactory in many ways. there are even worse than during the cold war. it would be naÏve to think that problems that have been accumulated over the years can be resolved within just a few hours. nobody expected that, of course.

the nord stream 2 and the turkish stream are not commercially viable.y are there so russia can be the sole supplier of energy for the european union. germany is, i think austria has a tendency to be for it because they have a company that will help construct it. but the final decision-making process. i think the europeans recognize the united states is a supplier of lng. they want to have. it gives them security from a national security standpoint. and it will have a massive positive impact upon the environment. we have seen that in the united states the last decade. 14% decrease in our carbon emissions. so they can do two things that are good for them. national security and help with their environment. maria: don't go anywhere. - i love my grandma. - anncr: as you grow older, your brain naturally begins to change which may cause trouble with recall. - learning from him is great... when i can keep up! - anncr: thankfully, prevagen helps your brain and improves memory. - dad's got all the answers. - anncr: prevagen is now the number-one-selling brain hea

the nord stream 2 and the turkish stream are not commercially viable.e there so russia can be the sole supplier of energy for the european union. germany is, i think austria has a tendency to be for it because they have a company that will help construct it. but the final decision-making process. i think the europeans recognize the united states is a supplier of lng. they want to have. it gives them security from a national security standpoint. and it will have a massive positive impact upon the environment. we have seen that in the united states the last decade. 14% decrease in our carbon emissions. so they can do two things that are good for them. national security and help with their environment. maria: don't go anywhere. you're turning onto the street when you barely clip a passing car. minor accident - no big deal, right? wrong. your insurance company is gonna raise your rate after the other car got a scratch so small you coulda fixed it with a pen. maybe you should take that pen and use it to sign up with a different insurance company. for drivers

the nord stream 2 and the turkish stream are not commercially viable. they are there so russia can be the sole supplier of energy for the european union. germany is, i think austria has a tendency to be for it because they have a company that will help construct it. but the final decision-making process. i think the europeans recognize the united states is a supplier of lng. they want to have. it gives them security from a national security standpoint. and it will have a massive positive impact upon the environment. we have seen that in the united states the last decade. 14% decrease in our carbon emissions. so they can do two things that are good for them. national security and help with their environment. their environment. maria: don't go anywhere. still a chance here. it's willingham, edge of the box, willingham shoots... goooooooaaaaaaaallllllll! that...was...magic. willingham tucks it in and puts the championship to bed. sweet dreams, nighty night. as long as soccer players celebrate with a slide, you can count on geico saving folks money. fifteen

the nord stream 2 and the turkish stream are not commercially viable. they are there so russia can be the sole supplier of energy for the european union. germany is, i think austria has a tendency to be for it because they have a company that will help construct it. but the final decision-making process. i think the europeans recognize the united states is a supplier of lng. they want to have. it gives them security from a national security standpoint. and it will have a massive positive impact upon the environment. we have seen that in the united states the last decade. 14% decrease in our carbon emissions. so they can do two things that are good for them. national security and help with their environment. ♪ you shouldn't be rushed into booking a hotel. with expedia's add-on advantage, booking a flight unlocks discounts on select hotels until the day you leave for your trip. add-on advantage. only when you book with expedia. is it to carry cargo... greatness of an suv? or to carry on a legacy? its show of strength... or its sign of intelligence? in cro

dollars to russia and now we have to defend them against russia this is all got to do with the nord stream to pipeline which donald trump has in the past opposed because he wants to see germany and other european countries import much more expensive liquid natural gas from the united states but. well you can never expect what's going to come from this u.s. president on thursday when he gave this news conference he seemed to have changed his choosing a little bit about north stream three but he's going to have a good relationship with russia so they'll be a lot less problem with the pipeline but to me that was a very major point of contention we discussed it at length today germany has agreed to do a lot better than they were doing and they were very happy with that we had a very good relationship with uncle america while the u.s. president seemed to be claiming to a fixed nato and a speech that really seemed far more directed towards his base his home than say any of the leaders who had been meeting with what we heard from the nato secretary general again stoltenberg was a little bit more

dollars to russia and now we have to defend them against russia this is all got to do with the nord stream to pipeline which donald trump has in the past opposed because he wants to see germany and other european countries import much more expensive liquid natural gas from the united states but. well you can never expect what's going to come from this u.s. president on thursday when he gave this news conference he seemed to have changed his choosing a little bit about north stream three but he's going to have a good relationship with russia so they'll be a lot less problem with the pipeline but to me that was a very major point of contention we discussed it at length today germany has agreed to do a lot better than they were doing and they were very happy with that we had a very good relationship with america while the u.s. president seemed to be claiming to a fixed nato and a speech that really seemed far more directed towards his base his home than say any of the leaders who had been meeting with what we heard from the nato secretary general again stoltenberg was a little bit more measur

the nord stream 2 and the turkish stream are not commercially viable.hey are there so russia can be the sole supplier of energy for the european union. germany is, i think austria has a tendency to be for it because they have a company that will help construct it. but the final decision-making process. i think the europeans recognize the united states is a supplier of lng. they want to have. it gives them security from a national security standpoint. and it will have a massive positive impact upon the environment. we have seen that in the united states the last decade. 14% decrease in our carbon emissions. so they can do two things that are good for them. national security and help with their environment. maria: don't go anywhere. it's easy to think that all money managers are pretty much the same. but while some push high commission investment products, fisher investments avoids them. some advisers have hidden and layered fees. fisher investments never does. and while some advisers are happy to earn commissions from you whether you do well or not, fish

then about the nord stream 2, mr. president voiced his concerns about the possibility of disappearance of transit through ukraine. and i reassured mr. president that russia stands ready to maintain this transit. moreover, we stand ready to extend this transit contract that's about to expire next year in case -- if the dispute between the economic entitles -- dispute will be settled in the stockholm arbitration court. >> jeff mason from reuters. reporter: thank you. mr. president, you tweeted this morning that it's u.s. foolishness, stupidity and the mueller probe that is responsible for the decline in u.s. relations with russia. do you hold russia at all accountable for anything in particular? and if so, what would you -- what would you consider them -- that they are responsible for? president trump: yes i do. i hold both countries responsible. i think that the united states has been foolish. i think we've all been foolish. we should've had this dialogue a long time ago. a long time, frankly, before i got to office. a

although we did see them actually agree with some of donald trump's criticisms things like the nord stream to russia national natural gas pipeline as well as germany's spending on defense even these republicans people who are part of his party and form part of his base also came out and made very clear that they stand bust beside this alliance that has almost seventy years old and was put into place in the post-war era now the president and the first lady have arrived in britain in the meantime a big protests are planned tomorrow to roll out the unwelcome mount is this four day visit being closely watched in the u.s. . perhaps not as closely as the nato summit and what will come next after his after his visit to a britain they're going to talk about free trade and security talks in the u.k. boris johnson is that the two leaders will be discussing military and intelligence cooperation particularly how the united states and the u.k. can work together on addressing threats from countries like china russia north korea and iran we know he's scheduled to attend an official welcome and a dinner w

dollars to russia and now we have to defend them against russia this is all got to do with the nord stream to pipeline which donald trump has in the past opposed because he wants to see germany and other european countries import much more expensive liquid natural gas from the united states but. well you can never expect what's going to come from this u.s. president on thursday when he gave this news conference he seemed to have changed his choosing a little bit about north stream three but he's going to have a good relationship with russia so there'll be a lot less problem with the pipeline but to me that was a very major point of contention we discussed it at length today germany has agreed to do a lot better than they were doing and they were very happy with that we had a very good relationship with america while the u.s. president seemed to be claiming to a fixed nato in a speech that really seemed far more directed towards his base his home than say any of the leaders who had been meeting with what we heard from the nato secretary general again stoltenberg was a little bit more measur

instead, the president criticized a pipelinect called nord stream 2 that would bring russian natural gas across the baic sea to germany. >> so we're supposed to protect germany, but they'reng their energy from russia. explain that. >> alcindor: stoltenberg, who is imalso a former norwegian minister, pushed back but was careful to moderate his tone. >> well, i think that ev during the cold war, nato allies were trading with russia. >> aindor: german chancellor angela merkel, who grew up in what was then communist east germany, quickly issued her own response. >> ( translated ): i have experienced myself how a part of germany was controlled by the soviet union. i am very happy that today we are united in freedom, the federal republic of germany. t because t we can say that we can make our independent policies and make independent o cisions. >> alcindor: she ated germany is the second largest provider of troops to nato operations. but president trump insistedge rmany and other nato member countries could immediately increase their military spending. in 2014, they agreed to reach a thres

one is mandatory sanctions against those involved with the nord stream ii pipeline relayed to russia, and then make it easier for nato and the united states to work together on a transatlantic energy alliance, specifically to make sure that they can become more connected to the united states for their energy needs and less dependent on vladimir putin and russia. >> well, on the topic of russian interference, the senate intel committee that i serve on his reached the same conclusions that the director of national intelligence, dan coats, has reached, that the cia director who staff the secretary of state reached, that clearly the russians tried to interfere in our elections. i think if you look at the indictment that came out a few days ago, that's unlikely path that they used to do that which makes it even more clear that the russian government was involved in that effort, and that that effort was directed and financed by the government, no matter what mr. putin says. i'd also point out that the senate, the rules committee is looking into what we can do to share information better wit

billion euro venture between russia and five international companies it runs next to the original nord stream pipeline and will double the amount of gas being transferred north stream two were said to be fully operational by next year economists like hama says the project is the best way for germany to meet his growing demand for natural gas. this is a matter of a great opportunity for germany to have another infrastructure that supply us with natural gas which is needed in germany without being able to be blackmailed by the countries in between every american foreign policy is another duty but they have to did a closer relationship between russia and germany us the us is not in the position anymore to make a big ace because germany now after the sanctions and after the not allied behavior of america against germany we have to look for better opportunities or other of that unity's and therefore it is no no possibility at all anymore to separate germany or europe from from russia anyway he just wants to be the first he just wants his companies to make the deal and make the your base especially

ours in the coffers of russia you know that pipeline project trump was talking about there is the nord stream to plan to pump a direct gas supply route from russia to germany right on to the baltic sea it's come under fire from washington on many occasions at the nato summit this last week donald trump even went so far as to say that germany effectively lost its sovereignty because of the project russian foreign minister sergey lavrov commented on those remarks and i always believed free competition because free market is about fear competition and when the united states circles where you are from the region is the period so there could be north stream. must be stalked and those european countries whose companies would be participating in this project would be sanctioned by the united states because because the united states use for competition russian or to repair we would guess is supposed to be wars are critical nearly congress then i'm all for the story but this is not because i mean this is not competition this is a pure ideology after brussels terms next stop was the u.k. on his first o

billions of dollars to the coffers of russia you know the pipe the drums talking about there's the nord stream to project it's planned to be a direct gas supply from russia to germany under the baltic sea it's come under fire from washington on many occasions to the nato summit this week donald trump he went as far as to say that germany defect to be lost its sovereignty because of the pike russian foreign minister sergey lavrov commented on those remarks than. i always believed good for free competition because free market is about fair competition and when the united states secretary of energy mr perry said that the north stream pipeline must be stopped and those european countries whose companies would be participating in this project would be sanctioned by the united states because because the united states use for competition the russian what the riparian guess is supposed to be war standards i'm a critic an american guest then i am all for this story but this is not because i mean this is not competition this is a pure ideology after brussels trams next stop was the u.k. on his first off

dollars to russia and now we have to defend them against russia this is all got to do with the nord stream to pipeline which donald trump has in the past opposed because he wants to see germany and other european countries import much more expensive liquid natural gas from the united states but . you never expect what's going to come from this u.s. president on thursday when he gave this news conference he seemed to have changed his choosing a little bit about north stream three but he's going to have a good relationship with russia so there'll be a lot less problem with the pipeline but to me that was a very major point of contention we discussed it at length today germany has agreed to do a lot better than they were doing and they were very happy with that we had a very good relationship with america while the u.s. president seemed to be claiming to a fixed nato in a speech that really seemed far more directed towards his base his home than say any of the leaders who had been meeting with what we heard from the nato secretary general again stoltenberg was a little bit more measured i thi

this came after germany and a number of other european countries approved the construction of the nord stream two gas pipeline this is a pipeline that would run directly from russia into the european union now while merkel denied the allegations that germany is a captive of anybody lavrov had this to say about it how did you react when the when president trump said that germany is totally controlled by russia i can only quote what the president said when he was asked by the president putin this he is his friend who said he is compared to a strong competitor but speaking of competition i've always believed in free competition because free market is about to be a competition and when the united states or from the news the period said the north three. must be stopped and those european countries whose companies would be participating in this project would be sanctioned by the united states because because the united states useful computation russian oil to repay would get this is supposed to be wars near we can guess then to sort of but this is not because i mean this is not competition this is

billion euro venture between russia and five international companies it's ones next to the original nord stream pipeline and will double the amount of gas being transferred north stream two is set to be fully operational by next year economist ica harmer says the project is the best way for germany to meet its growing demand for natural gas. this is a matter of a great opportunity for germany to have another infrastructure that supplies us with natural gas which is needed in germany without being able to be blackmailed by the countries in between every american foreign policy is one of the duty they have to bid a closer relationship between russia and germany the us is not in the position anymore to make a race because germany now after the sanctions and after the not appealing behavior of america against germany we have to look for better opportunities or other of the two needed that the forest fires are raging across greece and that story for you after this very quick break. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten wh

angela merkel made her position are discussions to be held on the issue of nord stream 2. and we are talking to other countries within the european union. i think the president said earlier in response to a question about future meeting he was going to have that he would tell you what was happening after that meeting. and we -- you will see what comes out from the european union. and while we are a member of the eu because we still are until the 29th march of 2019 and then we are leaching. >> there you have it precip president trump alongside theresa may. forced to stand side by side and take questions from the press less than 24 hours after the interview with the sun newspaper saying that the prime minister's stance on brexit that was wrong she wrecked it. she gave her advice she did not take high pressure. he offered praise for boris johnson and said he could have handled it better. but you heard him pressed there the first question out of the gate. mr. president you changed your tune this morning is that the behavior of a friend? i said i didn't criticize her. i pointed

moment where our team is america's on your farm bill is on the scene and we'll talk about that nord stream pipeline system the president from criticized germany over last week archies peter oliver joins us from germany plus the c.e.o. of strong market reforms which encouraged servant of t.v. and radio commentators to help us get very perspectives on the trump trip and the impact on business finance and foreign relations and r.t. correspondent ashley banks takes a look at amazon which actually all time stock high today of seven hundred eighty six for share and some due diligence it has at least to this point not been done related to hate product that they offer for sale let's get right to it president donald trump and russian president vladimir putin have wrapped up their two day summit in helsinki finland with typical self centered bombast mr trump said in a press conference with the russian president that relations have been between the two nuclear armed nations have been quote never been worse than it is now however that changed as of about four hours ago mr trump pushed back on question

is of dollars into the coffers of russian pipeline project trump was talking about there's the nord stream to project it planned to be a direct gas supply route from russia to germany that will run under the baltic sea it's come under fire from washington on many occasions at the nato summit this last week donald trump who even went so far as to say germany had effectively lost its sovereignty because of our pipeline project russian foreign minister sergey lavrov commented on the remarks how did you react when when president trump said that germany is totally controlled by russia i can only quote what the president. when he was asked whether president putin these hues in the me or his friend who said he is a competitor a strong competitor but speaking of competition i always believe free competition because free market is about fear competition and when the united states circus where you're from the region is the period said there would be north stream pipeline must be stopped and those european countries whose companies would be participating in this project would be sanctioned by the uni

when the pipeline project was talking at by it is the nord stream to project its plan to be a direct gas supply route from russia to germany that will run under the baltic sea it's come under fire from washington on many occasions at the nato summit this week donald trump even went so far as this a germany had affectively lost its sovereignty because of the pipeline russian foreign minister sergey lavrov commented on those remarks. i always believed and recomposition because free market is about through a competition and when the united states circles where you are from the news the period said the north stream. must be stopped and those european countries whose companies would be participating in this project would be sanctioned by the united states because because the united states use for competition in russia what the repair would guess you supposed to be wars to do a critical miry congress then i'm all for this story but this is not because the move this is not competition this is a pure deal with well it's been a busy week after brussels donald trump's next stop was the u.k. fo

this came after germany and a number of other european countries approved the construction of the nord stream two gas pipeline this is a pipeline that would run directly from russia into the european union now while merkel denied the allegations that germany is a captive of anybody lavrov had this to say about it how did you react when the when president trump said that germany is totally controlled by russia and the quote what the president said when he was president putin this he is in the middle of his friend who said he is compared to a strong competitor but speaking of competition i've always believed in free competition because free market is about free a competition and when the united states. use the period said the north stream. must be stopped and those european countries whose companies would be participating in this project would be sanctioned by the united states because because the united states useful computation of russian oil to repay would you supposed to be. a critical miry congress then sort of sort of but this is not because i mean this is no competition this is a deal th

dollars to russia and now we have to defend them against russia this is all got to do with the nord stream to pipeline which donald trump has in the past opposed because he wants to see germany and other european countries import much more expensive liquid natural gas from the united states is booked in well you can never expect what's going to come from this u.s. president on thursday when he gave this news conference he seemed to have changed his tune a little bit about north stream three but he's going to have a good relationship with russia so they'll be a lot less problem with the pipeline but to me there was a very major point of contention we discussed it at length today germany has agreed to do a lot better than they were doing and they were very happy with that we had a very good relationship with uncle americal he's left this nato summit now he's off to the united kingdom where he has a state visit to go to before that meeting with their the russian president but what will be interesting to see considering donald trump spent most of this press conference saying how it was on him

. >> reporter: german officials deny that the controversial nord stream 2 pipeline will allow russiaexert undue influence over their country. nato's secretary general jens stoltenberg tried to keep the ogace. >> we are stronger together than apart. >> how can you be together when a country is getting its energy from the person you want protection against or from the group that you want protection from? >> because when we stand together, also in dealing with russia, we are stronger. >> reporter: later, president trump and german chancellor angela merkel exchanged pleasantries for the cameras during a one-on-one meeting, but merkel, who grew up in communist east germany, told reporters earlier, "i've experienced myself how a part of germany was controlled by the soviet union," and said her country today made independent policies and independent decisions. the nato summit is usually a chance for member nations to reaffirm their commitment to an alliance that focuses on afghanistan, syria, ukraine, and other world hot spots, but president trump appeared determined to upset that tradition