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Last night melania and i were delighted to join you and phillip for dinner at the magnificent blenham palace. it was a wonderful and memorable evening that we will not soon forget. really something very special. today its a true privilege to visit historic chequers that ive heard so much about and read so much about growing up in history class and to continue our conversation which has proceeded along rapidly and well over the last few days. for generations, our predecessors have gathered at thi...

Lindsey graham on "fox news sunday" last week say when the president meets with vladimir putin he has to be very clear about that interference and stopping it. the president in previous meetings has said vladimir putin says he didnt do it and ill take him at his word. i just think that across the political aisle apart from the partisan polarization in america and maybe as we see by these demonstrations, bill, there is a growing sentiment somebody has to take on the russians quite directly and th...

Insist the crowd-funded blimp is merelily, quote, poking fun. i dont see cal perry there quite yet. >> hes making his way, journey from the bureau. he will be there. >> maybe holding one of the strings or taking a picture or something. joining us from london, white house reporter for the "associated press", jonathan lemire. thank you for joining us today, jonathan. we have been talking about "the sun" article. i want to get your take on it as well. president trump hitting theresa may pretty hard...

Russias annexation of crimea the president blamed his predecessors. >> that was on barack obamas watch. i would not have allowed it to happen. he did allow it to happen so that was his determination. >> reporter: now, the president will likely face more questions about his rocky summit with n.a.t.o. leaders when he holds a joint news conference with british prime minister teresa may. it is the presidents upcoming summit with vladimir putin that worries europe most as a n.a.t.o. official told me ...

Attended my first meeting it was going down, the amount of money being spent by countries was going down and down very substantially. and now its going up very substantially and commitments were made only five of 29 countries were making their commitment. and thats now changed. >> so president trump not the first president to try to push nato allies to spend more on defense. look at the headline, both of his immediate predecessors also did that. george w. bush, nato sent troops to afghanistan af...

Jonathan, i know you had trouble with your audio and my question to you is the take when we have the former u.s. ambassador to russia that trump has done more damage to nato in 18 months than soviet and russian leaders achieved in seven decades. your take on that and what is this president saying. this is embarrassing for other leaders here in washington. >> there is a lot that has happened in the last seven decades. the point that the former ambassador is trying to make is an important in that ...

Trump could have come here and took a victory lap and take credit for what started under bob gates and barack obama and some of their predecessors getting the nato members to stand up and meet these goals for 2024 as germany and others have. he could have come in and said that they are doing this because of my pressure. and instead, he came in his ha ranging form and tried to blow the whole thing up. and you have to admire stoltenberg for trying to put the best face on it, but he has the most di...

Predecessors who set up nato itself. hes doing the work of vladimir putin and liberal leaders around the world who would like to tear nato down. what donald trump doesnt seem to understand is nato is a two-way street. we actually get a great deal out of nato ourselves. nato contributes troops to afghanistan. over the course of the war some 40,000 nato forces have fought and died in afghanistan along with u.s. forces. nato countries host 28 u.s. military bases, saving us some $2.5 billion. of cou...

>> david, read from your latest op-ed from the "washington post," trumps neediness is at the core of his diplomacy. you write, trump is the neediest person that the tycoon that vaulted to the top of the world. sees himself as chief executive not of a thriving enterprise but of one that has nearly been run into the ground by his predecessors. rather than warmly embracing longtime partners in europe he resents them and their success. he picks needless fights and tries to humiliate people that he f...

Democrat and republican predecessors. >> okay. >> the real incentive here, the real thing to change the dynamics inside european budgets was vladimir putins aggression to the east. >> that is exactly then why what -- what we also heard from the president this morning, i would ask you about. when he said about his trip that his meeting with vladimir putin will actually be the easiest, why would the putin meeting be the easiest, ambassador? >> well, i can only assume the president was saying that ...