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Headquarters there in brussels, belgium. talking about this is not fair based on the contribution. the financial commitments on behalf of nato countries, said to be 29 in early june. this is not fair to taxpayers of the united states. he called out the massacre in manchester repeating his line from the other day they are losers. talking about the depths of evil, beautiful lives torn forever from their families and encouraging all leaders to be tough and strong and you contrast that with the mess...

Brussels and affirmed the u.s. commitment to that. these leaders would really like to hear that commitment from president trump himself. he has the opportunity today. he is at nato about to participate in the article 5 and berlin wall memorial unveiling. its a good venue to do so. as nato confronts russia there have been disagreements in brussels with the president. the president of the european council said after his meeting with president trump this morning he is not 100% certain they see eye-...

>> glad to be here. >> jenna: and your expertise of course. were talking about the nato countries and their contributions, but not expressing perhaps in the most accurate way. its not as if the countries are not putting money into the jar, right, niles? theyre supposed to put 2% of their spending of gdp. give us the cliffs notes of what exactly were talking about with spending. >> right. president trump is really referring to the nato commitment, all member states, to spend 2% of their gdp on de...

White house that kind of gauzy acknowledgements of common interests in fighting terrorism are all well and good but what we need is actual commitments and troops in the middle east, bombing missions, we need intelligence support. and those things im not sure are coming out of nato just yet. >> bill: interesting because the secretary general pretty much admitted that. nato needs to take a bigger role. this is on their door steps. they have to confront it. >> they do. and i think many of those sta...

Nato is one of the most important alliances weve had over the last two generations al. ive flown with them, exercised with them and know how important they are. ive been frustrated over the last few years when they havent met their financial commitments. they just for too long have relied on the americas security umbrella. i think they can do more. i think they recognize they can do more. most have committed that they will. im actually pleased that the president is putting pressure on them to do...

Have lost, but also what forever endures, the courage of our people, the strength of our resolve and the commitments that bind us together as one. we will never forget the lives that were lost. well never forsake the friends who stood by our side and we will never waiver in our determination to defeat terrorism and to achieve lasting security, prosperity and peace. thank you very much. its a great honor to be here. thank you. [applause] >> bill: he is direct, he is a disruptor and that is part o...

Will face later on with elite economies of the world, these are leaders who are very skeptical of him and very concerned about what his commitments are to nato and europe and what role america will play. he has a lot more diplomacy to do now than the first two stops. >> shannon: he said he is worried about their commitments. a plan for a lot of these countries, most of them who arent paying it to somehow get a plan together to show how they start paying it by 2024 is the target year and criticiz...

Evendi. what we have seen from president trump is going all-in with the sunni states. >> the question is which works better? you see the kings welcome in israel as well. israelis, sunni states, saudi arabia included, seemed to like this path much more. whatever you think about president trump, this seems to be a coherent policy. a deliberate shift. >> what to watch for, john, what does this importaportend? is this viewed as a down payment on future commitments? does this potentially draw the uni...

Are chanting death to america and destruction to israel. in light of this new, this reset in the middle east by the united states with saudi arabia, jordan, egypt and the other -- most of the other sunni countries, it appears that the president also was talking about the possibility of peace between israel and palestine. its clear that that is on his agenda. >> well, i think the threat of iran is certainly focused the attention of saudi arabia and some of the other key monarchies, and thats why ...

>> are going guide the actions going forward but there are concrete commitments being made as to how we will work together to defeat daesh and terrorism in the region. >> this was so different from everything that president obama has said and tone over the previous eight years, there was no apologies, no political correctness, no happy talk, turning point in american history, a turning point in american diplomacy criticism president trump established himself, i believe, as a true leader on the w...