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>> can i stop you for just a second, because i want to play the exchange that he had with kristen welker on this. i mean, obviously, you cannot look at this outside of the context of the fact that he is going to have that meeting with vladimir putin, so let me play just a little bit of that newsc. >> yeah. >> are you giving russian president vladimir putin the upper hand heading into your talks, given that you are challenging these alliances that he seeks to break up and destroy? >> see, thats s...

That werent following their commitments. in addition to that, weve become an oil exporter which would not have happened under the past regime. we have built up our military. several hundred billion dollars. then $716 billion. when you look at what weve done in terms of russia, i guarantee whoever it is in russia, theyre saying, oh, gee, do we wish that trump was not the victor in that election. we have been far tougher on russia than anybody. anybody. and probably than -- look, im not going to g...

Macron refuted trumps statement saying that the allies reaffirmed their commitment to reach the 2% target by 2024 and nothing more. and nato secretary-general ian stoltenberg said yesterday speak we have agreed 0 make good on the commitments we have made." >> back in the u.s., peter strzok who has been the target of the presidents tweets and republicans conspiracies about the russia probe testified yesterday where he gave over nine hours of testimony about those text messages that got him remove...

President trump should say that because he got commitments for more spending from nato leaders, were waiting for confirmation whether or not the commitments do exist. the president on his way to the united kingdom here. leaving belgium very shortly. flying here to the united kingdom. when he gets here, he will reach a country that is heart broken, not really because of what is happening in brussels, because england lost in the semi-finals of the world cup. im the only one in this country happy t...

Commitments so i let them know yesterday, i was surprised that you didnt pick it up but yesterday i let them know that i was extremely unhappy with what was happening and they have substantially upped their commitment and now were very happy and have a very, very powerful, very, very strong nato, much stronger than it was two days ago. >> now, the white house said yesterday that the president suggested to these countries that they up their defense spending to 4% of gdp, a standard that not even ...

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 very clear message from president trump on this meeting i think that allies understand that there is a need to do that. theres a sense of urgency when it comes to delivering on that commitment. >> can i ask whether its correct that president trump said he would go it alone if he didnt get the commitme...

Too, tse head felt they were more united at the end than the beginning. >> certainly, the president had some idea he would get some backup there. >> i dont hear any specifics. a sense of urgency is very different than weve accelerated to this date. >> thats right. >> i dont know that theyre completely aligned but it backs up what the president is portraying which is that he leads with a more unified nato. >> a lot of the presidents persuasion is performative the. its about setting higher expecta...

Now the trend is going up and the -- all allies agree that we have to make good on the commitments we have made and increased defense spending but also that we need to stand united. we all expressed our support but we expressed more. what are the facts? we need to know the facts. >> the fact is that we have a commitment to increase defense spending. we all agreed we have to deliver on that ch.

Changed about nato and now hes wheels up headed for london for another meeting that will be highly scrutinized. john? >> all right, thank you so much. kaitlan collins in brussels, thank you. the president on his way to the united kingdom. joining me, christiane amanpour. also with me luke harding, foreign correspondent for "the guardian." christiane, were trying to get to the bottom of the facts because things arent clear despite what the president said in his 40 minute news conference. and he d...

Soon. in a news conference president trump declared victory over nato allies saying he got them to pay more. think of it, declaring victory over your allies, thats notable in and of itself and number two his claim he earned commitments for more defense spending. its unclear whether that is true. french president emmanuel macron saying all that nato agreed to was what they put out in a communique overnight saying that what was in place to increase spending by 2024 is still in pla place. a loot go...