v, mutual defense provision the heart of the nato alliance, this promise if one member is attacked the other members will come to their defense. to have that kind of confidence, you really have to believe the united states, in particular, the most powerful member of nato, is truly dedicated to the alliance. who after this performance can >> fareed, how do you see this playing out in the meeting between president trump and vladimir putin? >> well, what's most distressing about it is that trump again seems to think that he can freelance this. there's no preparation, no set guidelines, and there doesn't seem to be any consultation from any of the reporting we got with the nato allies. this was always a core part of the way the united states negotiated with russia, even china, which is you first talk to your allies, come up with a kind of common position. the europeans are completely in the dark as to what trump is going to talk to putin about. we are all in the dark about what trump is going to talk to