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>> theres the biggest there, which i say is a subject for another day, is it going to work? >> it has already not worked. >> well, it has not played itself out. >> no, of course not. >> the united states, germany, canada and china do not go into this trade dispute with equal leverage. we do have far more, because were much less dependent on international trade. much, much less. the germans cannot afford a war on cars. the canadians cannot afford a war on steel. the chinese cant afford a war on a...

Flip democratic and impeaches president trump. thats their biggest fight. >> 45 seconds of pulitzer prize winning greatness. have we ever had a president go it alone to this extent? is this true history were witnessing? >> yes, to this extent, yes, because he is both rhetorically and, in fact, trying to make america first, america only. and or if anything, america plus russia and one of -- the great question of the age and one well wrestle with forever which is why does donald trump have this co...

One of the great questions of the age and one that well wrestle with forever, why does donald trump has this conflict with russia, our long time historic adversary, this question is getting a lot hotter after that meeting. if in fact they had some leverage over him because of preexisting deals or some sort of business things, this will be written about forever. >> may make robert mueller the most important living american as many people contend. jon meacham and mr. peters. thank you. well be bac...

And really the only venue they thought was appropriate was one owned by mgm which has a bit of a rivalry with the trump folks, so theyre in the final stages of putting a contract together. theyll rubber stamp that deal whatever it is at the meeting later this month. the thing to watch for is in charlotte. tentatively scheduled meeting on monday. a liberal bastion in a republican-leaning town. our reporting is some democrats on the city council are getting cold feet about getting primaried if the...

>> he doesnt think he will. >> soybean prices are at a ten year low, the president is saying its not his fault, it started 15 years ago but this is iowa and wisconsin. >> minnesota. >> these are states that are important to him. how many leverage will they give him? they are the ones who will be sacrificed for steel workers. >> and hes speaking to them directly on twitter thank you both. coming up, a first look at a remarkable new image of the rescue operation that saved those 12 young lives a...

Everything, and one is domestic politics. what is not part of his calculus is the history of alliances or traditions of american diplomacy, thats out the window. deal making and seeking leverage and domestic politics and in this sense smacking back our closest allies makes sense to him because he thinks in terms of domestic politics it plays back at home to his voters and maybe more broadly than that to say were not getting our fair share, we need our fair share. thats an argument he made about ...

Stoltenberg right there at breakfast? >> reporter: thats right. the u.s. president certainly wasting no time bringing his combative approach here to brussels. the president opened up his first public comments in brussels during a breakfast with the nato secretary-general, jens stoltenberg, talking about nato allies defense spending, something that has been a frequent course of this president, but he really singled out certain countries in particular, and one of the countries that were targeted w...

Germany spending more on its defense but you bring up the reputed and where is he in all of this what were seeing in nato isnt trump doing exactly what mr putin would like to see and that is this gradual weakening of the alliance. well look there are two basic forms of u.s. leadership for nato one form the sort of the classic form is leadership that provides unity and coheres the alliance solidifies the alliance as one thats the kind of american leadership that that weve seen in the alliance ove...

Interesting you say that ambassador because the defense minister here in germany she has said herself that donald trump was really the catalyst for nato or for germany spending more on its defense but you bring up the reputed and where is he in all of this what were seeing at nato isnt trump doing exactly what mr putin would like to see and that is this gradual weakening of the alliance. well look there are two basic forms of u.s. leadership for nato one form the sort of the classic form is lead...

Talk about collusion! >> i want to piggyback on the energy front. it was merkels office that released the photo of her staring down president trump, continue to drive the narrative that president trump is at odds with his allies. then what does merkel do with the pipeline? you estimate from 50% of above. increases russias share in germanys gas market. as president trump laid out, making them beholden to russia. that allows russia to have leverage over other european countries. they can cut off t...