Executive producer. I am not on the white house lawn. They wouldnt give me access. Laura no, you have the phone call. [laughs] hannity, we could do this all night. You had a great show. I loved the conversations. Go out and have a pint of guinness for me. Go enjoy london. Sean it is 3 00 a. M. Im going to bed. Laura hannity, great show. Good evening. Im laura ingraham. Welcome to the ingraham angle. You are going to want to stay with us for the whole hour tonight because we have major breaking news from all of the world. President trump has promised to drain the swamp but now hes also shaking up the globe. We will have full analysis of trumps tough talk at the nato summit with victor david hanson. Meanwhile former fbi attorney, a parent trump haider lisa page, refusing to testify before congress. Mark meadows and Alan Dershowitz will be here to tell us how much trouble page is n. Raymond arroyo joins us with the story of a comedian who bamboozled sarah palin and former Vice President dick cheney into doing an interview by assuming an unbelievable identity. You are not going to want to miss it. New york city sanctuary mayor is accused of i love this illegally crossing the border. Ben shapiro will react but first. Trump calls out the real russian conclusion. That is the focus of tonights angle. I dont know about you but i surely enjoyed seeing the grim faces on some of those other Cable Networks today after President Trumps meeting within the nato counterparts in brussels. It was obvious that pundits and writers wrote their scripts long before air force one even touched down in belgium. Of course, trump was going to be an american wrecking ball, a bowl and a china shop, further damaging the North Atlantic Alliance that it helped keep the peace for 69 years poodle. Germany, the richest country in nato is enriching russia, the country the alliance wants protection from. We are supposed to protect you against russia. Germany they got rid of their coal plants and their nuclear. They are getting so much oil and gas from russia. I think it is something nato has to look at. Laura if you listen to my radio show with any regularity, which you should have, you wouldve heard me speak of the Energy Pipeline projects which are funded by russian business interests and make russia and maybe even putin himself billions of dollars in energy profits. Presumably thats enough money to mean that germany can finally pay all the money into nato dues that it actually owes. Two world wars and the cold war. How can he be together when a country is getting its energy from a purpose you want protection against or the group you want protection against. We stand together in dealing with russia. What we have seen is you are making russia richer. Laura russia makes a lot of money off this in german interests make a lot of money off these pipeline projects. As you can see, the nato chief responded to trumps very specific concerns with a flurry of generalities punctuated by banalities. Not very convincing. Trump is right. If another country, russia, controlled a big chunk of your energy supply, well, youre giving up a huge amount of your personal autonomy while at the same time, you are giving russia the rope to hang you with or may be the light to electrocute you with. Keep the right analogy going. As the Washington Post rightly noted today, germanys Energy Relationship with russia has long frustrated washington and Eastern Europe. They fear that the pipeline which will bypass the baltic nations and poland could be used to cut them off from Crucial Energy supplies. Former german chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is a Top Executive at the russian governmentcontrolled company that runs the pipeline. That cozy relationship. Wouldnt you like to see schroeders swiss bank accounts. Wouldnt you like to know how much he agreed to be paid. Whats clear after day today is that donald trump is not only not sucking up to putin, he is trying to disrupt germanys cozy relationship with russia. He is doing what friends often do with friends who have gotten off track. He is having a frank and brutally honest conversation with them in hopes of writing their course and repairing the relationship. German chancellor Angela Merkel reacted to the suggestion that germany is captive to russia. You are not going to be independent for long when putin decides to shut down that gas line. Did you hear an answer to trumps charges or questions . I didnt. As the american president , donald trump is in europe looking out for our interests. And of course for the independence of our allies which he thinks is really important and rightly so. The free rider days have come to an end. Americans elected trump in part because they wanted to make sure that the billions that we spent overseas are billions very well spent. What a novel concept. But you would have thought trump had worn a russian flag tshirt to his nato talks given the hyperbole wafting from 30 rock today. Donald trump is the most vivid manifestation of the leakt attractive characteristics. We havent been captured by donald trump. We have had our worst instincts affirmed, exacerbated, and put in front of the world. He could not be doing putins bidding more effectively if he were an active agent of Vladimir Putin and the kgb. Its all coming to fruition, and there is a basic reason why putin wants to do it. President donald trump, an american president who goes to nato will with a hammer and does putins work for him. Laura what a ridiculous comment. Asking our allies to pay their fair share is going nato hammer and tongs . He is trying to strengthen nato by saying we need to keep this aligns together by keeping our military expenditures what we pledged to do and keep those at a level that is fair for everyone, 2 . Ive got to tell you. This is perhaps my favorite of all the criticisms of trumps nato meetings today. What is the role of misogyny here . Does Angela Merkel remind him of hillary . Does that explain the theresa may issue . He does not have a particularly healthy relationships it seems with a lot of strong women. Laura oh, my gosh. John meacham, i really like jon meacham. Hes a respected biographer and historian, but that was just chatting. Yeah, john, thats what its all about. Its not the energy deal that imperiled Eastern Europe or a country undermining its future safety while asking us to pay for their protection. It is all about strong women. Oh, my god. Heres an observation. Mueller has come up empty in his quixotic quest to find trump collusion with russia but perhaps he should turn his investigation to germany. Where politicians current and former are all too happy to sell out their own people for cheap russian gas. I wont hold my breath waiting for that probe to start. In the meantime, im glad we have a president who is not afraid to upset the apple cart over in europe and call out truly Dangerous International collusion where it exists. And hes actually willing to do something about it, and that is the angle. Joining me now for reaction, michael sancho, a researcher in International Studies at the university of miami. In london, the former chief of staff to brexit leader nigel farage. In studio, walid phares. There is a lot to unpack here. The criticism of trump today was so overwrought, so overthetop, so unhinged, its like it is seamlessly dovetailing from the unhinged criticism of Brett Kavanaugh two days ago. We have moved from topic to topic with more overheated rhetoric. How is donald trump cozying up to russia by saying lets strengthen the military alliance of nato . Absolutely. I also ordering a deployment in the baltic states, increasing sanctions on russia, making sure iran is not going to buy weapons from russia. Laura this is what president obama and president bush both said about the need for each Member Nation to pay his fair share. Lets listen. The majority of allies are still not hitting that 2 mark. Everybody has got to step up and everybodys got to do better. Building a strong Nato Alliance requires strong european capability defense ca. I will encourage our European Partners to increase their defense investments to support nato and e. U. Operations. Laura they said these things and then nothing ever happened. Donald trump noticed and said no more mr. Nice guy. This has got to get done. Now hes up against 4 which sent everyone into prox wisdom of outrage. How are we seeing it from britain . How do you get to 2 . You go to 4 first. Thats a basic negotiating tactic. Anybody who knows how to haggle will tell you to do that. Isnt it interesting that you have obama there and encouraging words from president bush. Now you actually have a president who recognizes that there is that a significant discrepancy, not just a physical discrepancy, but a moral discrepancy going on within nato that fundamentally needs addressing. The american taxpayer, the american deplorables have been expected for decades to act as a protector for these protectorates in europe. All the wild, european leaders insulting the United States, insulting President Trump most recently and of course, as President Trump has pointed out, turning to russia for gas when its convenient for them and then asking america to look after the militaristic lay. The jig is up. Here in london, i can tell you people are taking what President Trump is saying very, very seriously because the United Kingdom is one of those few nato member countries that does meet its 2 gdp and we want everyone else to do the same in terms of defense spending. Laura which is in part why theresa may was so muted and her reaction to this, not only her problems at home but these numbers dont look great for european contributions to the military budget of nato. Lets check it out. Here are the countries of actually meet the 2 . We have the United Kingdom, United States, estonia, greece, and my half polish side says poland. Go, poland. Everybody else cant make it. You dont even have germany with all its money, including the money its making up this russian pipeline deal. We have to wait until 20242 get 2 . Most americans watching this tonight are going to zero to four, what are you talking about . Pony up the cash now or maybe people dont get so much vacation in the summer. Thats a valid concern that our allies need to step up but we all need to step up right now. The russian threat is more serious than it has been for many decades now. The russians are probably moving Nuclear Weapons into kaliningrad which violates the inf treaty. Thats the most important treaty Ronald Reagan was able to achieve and putin is violating it. They outgun us in the baltics. Its concerning that our allies are not doing as much as they can but we also have to recognize that president reagan and president george h. W. Bush heralded the end of the cold wa cold war. We dont wanted to move all fall apart on us, so we need to push our allies, yes, but nato is the most powerful alliance in history and we need to show putin laura i agree with you. It is the most powerful alliance, but its not 1975. Its not 1985. This is the year 2018. Soviet union collapsed 20plus years ago. We are now dealing with the new dynamic. We are 20 trillion in debt. Europe is making beaucoup cash, especially germany because of this energy deal. This has been a source of consternation for the Eastern European allies for many years. They went ahead with it anyway in the spring which i think was a slap in the face to america and to our allies, poland, estonia, the list goes on. They are not in favor of his pipeline. That is entirely isnt entirely true. Weve been dealing with terrorists and insurgents. The u. S. And our european allies have been largely focused on insurgents and terrorists. People need to understand the Russian Military has been focused in defeating nato. If they attacked estonia, we do not have the forces in place and the Worlds LargestNuclear Arsenal is russia and not the United States. We have to be careful. Germany needs to spend more but it doesnt change that there is a real russian threat. Laura then they better start acting like it. Europe better start acting like it. You met today with legislators from the european parliament. A lot of people think europe hates trump. Europe hates trump. Europe hates trump you found some thing different. After three days with meetings with the european parliament, members of the u. S. Congress, the myth that the socalled opposition media, Mainstream Media here, is presenting that everyone is against President Trump is simply inaccurate. Number one coming of countries inside europe who align with President Trump on many issues. Some on migration. Some on defense. You will have also italy and germany. Germany is aligning with President Trump on some issues. Laura the rise of populism which people like Richard Stengel who was on msnbc this morning, part of a parade of grim face, it was like election it all over again. Every time i see the faces come on their faces are grim, i am all almost always in a great mood. I was in a great mood this morning watching their reaction. This is what Richard Stengel said today after donald trump took on europe for failing to step up. Many of these countries for their military obligations to nato. Watch. Lets go back to why the European Union itself was formed. It was formed in the aftermath of world war ii where there was a poisonous nationalism that caused two world wars and killed more than a hundred million people. The e. U. Was meant to get around away from that toxic nationalism. But who is bringing it back . Donald trump. America first is toxic nationalism. Laura my god. There is banality after cliche after bromide. Put it on a Bumper Sticker and try to sell it because americans arent buying it. Globalism gonna rise what gave birth to nationalism where people are like wait a second. Why am i wage is not up in 20 years and all these guys keep getting richer and the elite class . Your reaction to that toxic nationalism charge given your association with nigel farage and the rise of the movement in europe. Absolutely. We have been doing this for years now, whether you want to call it nationalism, some people call it populism. You can put the word toxic in front of any word or phrase and suddenly its an incredibly bad thing. Actually what nationalism is to the peoples across europe, in hungary, austria, italy, United Kingdom with our brexit vote. What it represents was actually, we dont want our job sent abroad anymore. We want to manufacture things for ourselves. We might like to control our own borders. What it is as a return to the status quo, a return to normality, not this globalism on acid that would become accustomed to. Im so glad that you have a president that sort of reflects a lot of those things. Youve got the lowest levels of black unemployment. Ever. The lowest levels of hispanic unemployment in decades. Does that chap want to call that toxic . Maybe he should call that toxic and its claim that to the minority communities across america. Laura i would also say wages are going up. Italy is waking up. Austrias waking up. Poland, youre going to go code on the list and see more European Countries thing its worked out for germany okay but a lot of these policies haventr working class. Fascinating conversation, all of you. Great different insights who we really appreciate it. A former fbi attorney trashed candidate trumping those Text Messages refused to testify today. Republican mark meadows and attorney Alan Dershowitz will be here to explain whats going to happen next. director cut nice, candace, but this time bold. Did someone say bold . gasping starkist jalapeo tuna in a pouch loaded with bold flavor. Just tear, eat. Mmmmm. And go bold try all of my bold creations pouches laura you remember lisa page, right . She was half of the antitrump protecting dual along with her lover peter strzok. Are they still together, do we know . Ask the national enquirer. Its really important. Its not. Im just joking. Today she decided to divide a subpoena, refusing to show up for a closeddoor meeting. Fox was told exclusively that pages lawyer was served an electronic subpoena and chose to ignore it. In response, Judiciary Committee chairman Bob Goodlatte and member trey gowdy just sent a letter to pages attorney warning that their committee will initiate contempt proceedings against page friday morning at 10 30 a. M. Joining us now to discuss how much trouble ms. Page might be in and why the hesitation to testify today, North Carolina congressman, Freedom Caucus chair mark meadows. Noted attorney Alan Dershowitz, author of the new book the case against impeaching trump. Congressman meadows, reading her lawyers comments that the only reason she didnt testify today was because apparently they were not provided the requisite documents to have adequate preparation for the scope and breadth