Folks who can help me break all of this down. We have cnn military and diplomatic analyst retired rear admiral john kirby, also with me, cnn Global Affairs analyst and former deputy secretary of state tony blinken. Y you, john, i should mention worked at the pentagon and state department. Help me talk about, really dissect these comments from President Trump. He was taking these nato leaders to task, saying that he said 23 member nations are not paying what they should be. He was schooling them right in front of them. Yeah. To be clear, this isnt a new message that president obama made, president bush before him, five secretaries of defense now who have made this case, but it was extraordinary to me to see him be so bellicose about this and so specific about it in what was supposed to be an opening welcoming ceremony right there at the 9 11 memorial. So, i think the setting was extraordinary and the message was perhaps i think much more stronger than the nato allies would have expected
Controversy. Lets get started with the latest on helsinki from john roberts. Good morning to you, john. Reporter good morning from helsinki where it is 6 00 in the morning and another beautiful day, donald trump back in the United States after his summit with p income of a been back in moscow, the president came here to reset the russian relationship with the United States, the Obama Administration tried to didnt get far, the president believes he has set this relationship on a new course but the big headline of the day came when donald trump after saying twice last week he was going to be very direct, frank and tough with Vladimir Putin about allegations of meddling in the 2016 election the president basically said he didnt know if he believed Us Intelligence or Vladimir Putin who told him again that russia had nothing to do with meddling. D nothing they said it is russia. I have Vladimir Putin, he just said it is not russia. I dont see any reason it would be. I have great confidence
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