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Dana bash on "state of the union" on sunday. >> if he days withdraw, its confirmation that the president thinks climate change is a hoax. if he does stay in, make it better. thats my advice. >> doesnt seem like hell take the advice. >> and the question shouted a question today by reporters during his other events saying well have a decision very soon but im still listening to all sides and getting a lot of advice so we know this. as a matter of course across all the different columns of input fr...

Unfortunatable, that the ueu is criticized, other allies havent put in the percent with the way nato lays out specifically germany. >> thats certainly part of it. trumps push to have nato members meet their 2% of their gdp commitment to defense spending, thats aimed largely at countries like germany that have failed to meet those commitments. it seems like the catalyst for chancellor merkels comments was president trumps refusal to endorse the paris climate accords at the g7 meeting. if there wa...

Nato is stronger today than it was say a year or two ago. in part because of president trump saying, i value this relationship enough that i want you to live up to your commitments. but also because president obama toward the end of his term began to do things to strengthen the relationship. we pre-positioned equipment for the marines and nato, -- excuse me, and norway. we expanded the number of troops that we censor nato, road in and out the air crafts. we are on a good path in many ways, lets ...

In vietnam would have followed the same course had john f. kennedy not gone to dallas in 1963. do we know what kennedy would have done if he had lived? theres all sorts of evidence to suggest that he never would have done what lyndon johnson did in vietnam. >> this nation will keep its commitments from south vietnam to west berlin. >> though lbj had experienced the same crises by sitting next to kennedy, he had not come out with the same conclusions. he did not share kennedys suspicion of the un...

Negotiating table. energy company support isnt a strange move. they prefer the cleaner natural gas over coal. even though the president promised to revive coal jobs during his campaign calling the treaty a bad deal. every other country at the g7 summit this weekend reaffirmed the paris agreement. the u.s. did not join that consensus stating its reviewing its policies. the president tweeted he will make a final decision this week. >> where do you think hes leaning? >> it sounds like hes leaning a...

Jar jared kushner while touting the presidents trip overseaes a success. he caused con stern nation when he talked about the paris climate agreement. youre strong on climate change. how would withdrawing from the paris agreement affect the gloepgloe global fight against climate change? >> there are three reasons to stay in the climate accords. first of all, this is the united states keeping true to commitments. it was the last administration that assembled the biggest group of heads of state in ...

Kennedy had not gone to dallas in 1963. do we know what kennedy would have done if he had lived? theres all sorts of evidence to suggest that he never would have done what lyndon johnson did in vietnam. >> this nation will keep its commitments from south vietnam to west berlin. >> though lbj had experienced the same crises by sitting next to kennedy, he had not come out with the same conclusions. he did not share kennedys suspicion of the united states military or military advice. once kennedy w...

>> i think it went extremely well on the front end, namely, the visits and re-odd and jerusalem. it went okay, great visuals in rome. it is not go as well in either the nato meetings are the g-7 meetings. and the administration not to pay attention to those and sure those things up. the president was right in making that charge to the europeans, you need to live up to your treaty commitments. i think it would have gone to better if -- much better in private, maybe not been as effective. but it w...

Is the previous administration negotiated an agreement that worked for the obama administration. there is a process that america uses to make long-term commitments. it is the president working with the u.s. senate making the international agreements and putting them into a forum of a treaty. that puts the policies -- >> what about the substance? what concerns you about the substance? >> i think what this president is looking at is saying does this enable america to be competiti competitive? are ...

Countries, it is popular with a lot of their base to say we stood up to donald trump. look, these countries are not going to have their way with america financially with our financial commitments, but also were not going to sit back and be quiet if theres something going on that we disagree with. so i really dont have an issue with any one of these leaders flexing their muscles in their countries so they look like yeah, we stuck it to the united states. i just think its a bad move by them. at so...