52 billion in france. Nearly 26 billion in italy and close to 19 billion in spain so far. These nations are all falling short of their commitments to defense. Now President Trump wants them to make good and then some. John roberts is in brussels this afternoon where its all going down. John, good afternoon. President trump suggested why stop at 2 of gdp for nato and defense. Lets all go to 4 . That would put the United States in a box because the United States in 2018 projected to spend 3. 5 of gdp on defense. So President Trump would have to bump it up a little bit. By the time that todays meetings of the summit were over, any differences that existed between President Trump and Angela Merkel appeared to have dissipated. At an art reception following the summit meetings, the president and Angela Merkel on the patio smiling, chatting with each other. Melania trump there as well. Didnt seem to be the same ranker as earlier in the day. The president chided germany for signing a deal with russia for a pipeline that would pipe gas directly from russia to germany. The president saying 60 to 70 of germanys gas consumption would come from russia. Listen to what he said. Were supposed to protect you against russia but theyre paying billions. Germany is totally controlled by russia. You look at it, germany is a captive of russia. They got rid of their coal, nuclear. Theyre getting so much of the oil and gas from russia. A few hours after that, President Trump and Angela Merkel had a bilateral meeting. Listen to how the president described it. We had a great meeting. Were discussing military expenditure, talking about trade. We have a very, very Good Relationship with the chancellor. We have a tremendous relationship with germany. Theyve been commended. A real success and i congratulate you. I believe that our trade will increase and lots of other things will increase. Shepard merkel unapologetic and russia. She said that they make sovereign decisions. The president will meet with Vladimir Putin next week. The declaration that was released today, a draft of the communique that well see tomorrow, is very strong in its language of solidarity for nato, Strong Language about russia and standing up to Vladimir Putin. Saying that you cant have a normal relationship until he changes his ways. Very strong support for nato members increasing their commitment. So nato does appear after day one to be on a strong footing and perhaps an increasingly strong footing as we head to day number 2. John, thanks so much. Is the president making the right move or putting the Nato Alliance at risk. Joining me now, Fox News Contributor pete hagstadt. Trump is trying to make the Nato Alliance great again. Why did we form nato, right . After world war ii as a bull ward to russia. All countries of common views are in the alliance. Now they decided to gut their military. Russia is being increasingly aggressive. Theyre incapable of confronting them. And Angela Merkel says were a sovereign country making sovereign decisions. So is america. If were footing your bill and i served with nato troops in afghanistan, i understand the alliance but its more complex, very bureaucratic. A lot of countries in europe cant contribute the way they want to. Their militaries are not big enough. So if we want to be meaningful, lets reinvigorate that. Trump is doing that in the typical way. Saying pay up. If you dont pay up what is the alliance all about . He always has a strategy the way he approaches things. Im wondering if part of the strategy is to poke russia a few days before the meeting with Vladimir Putin . Why not. Its just like trade. His critics accuse of being antifree trade. A path to free trade is righting the imbalances on trade. Same thing with nato. If you want a strong alliance, contribute to the alliance that you say you care about. Right now its dismissive. Were your piggy bank. If you care about it, prove to us and be a part of this alliance. He was geared up before he went, before he left for the trap. He sat down with me and told me his feelings in terms of what he was going to tell the nato allies. Heres President Trump 1 1 2 weeks ago. Were going wait for that. Thats coming up. He basically said its not fair trade. We want fair trade. He said to the allies, lets forget tariffs. Lets do no tariffs. They wouldnt go for that. Heres the president thing about President Trump. He says hes going to say it. He doesnt just say it behind the scenes. He says it to them to their face with the cameras on so theyre held accountable to their own public and to the media at large. In the past you get these fancy agreements, smiles in front of the cameras. Trump says i came here with a mission. Lets make a Real Alliance and well be in with you. Instead youre letting putin run it and youre not spending on military and as a result, the tectonic plates of this world are changing. China is assertive. Russia is assertive. If america has to do it alone, we will. Its incredible this hasnt come up before. Other president s did not push allies to spend more on defense since weve got troops everywhere. Other president s did, but they did it politely. Come on, like help us out a little bit. And they wouldnt do it. They said well do it in 2024. Well do it ten years from now. And theres this uncertainty level. You know what . We better do it. Maybe he will lead the Nato Alliance maybe he will let russia do their thing. People in the administration know hes committed. Heres President Trump 1 1 2 weeks ago on this issue. Would it be better to have our allies together to go against china . No. Instead of pushing back . Excuse me. The European Union is possibly as bad as china, just smaller. Its terrible what they do to us. European union, take a look at the car situation. They send the mercedes in. We cant send our cars in. Look what they do to our farmers. They dont want our farmers that have their farmers. We dont protect ours and they protect theirs. He tweeted from brussels today talking about the farmers. European union was form as a bulwark to american power. They said as a trade block, as a block of countries, we can throw our weight around if we form together. Theyve done that with tariffs as well. If we think china is a bigger threat, we cant count on europe to come alongside with us. They fought a war with us. God bless them. But if youre not relevant today, if youre not going to be free market, not going to trade fairly, going to open your borders to migrants and give away your cultural identity, maybe we have to look somewhere else or look inward to survive. Thanks, pete. Thank you. Lets go to capitol hill now. Former fbi attorney lisa page a noshow today after being subpoenaed to testify against her antitrump texts between her and peter strzok, boyfriend. House Speaker Paul Ryan saying hes prepared to hold page in contempt of congress if she does not testify. Catherine herridge with the very latest. Good afternoon. Thanks. Congressional source closed to the discussions reports to fox news the Committee Republicans have a number of options on the table include calling page and former agent peter strzok to appear together on capitol hill. This afternoon, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee that issued the subpoena for page in the first place said time is limited. I think its very important for her to understand that and she should comply with it and he should comply with it now before shes held in contempt of congress which could happen as soon as friday. Page was scheduled to give a closed door deposition on capitol hill today in front of the two house panels. Her lawyers released this new head shot, if you will, of their client today. Late last night, they pulled out of the deposition and they blamed the fbi for failing to provide timely access to pages notes and records. Saying in a statement to fox through her actions and words, lisa has made it abundantly clear that she will cooperate with the investigation. Theres no basis for claims that lisa has anything to hide or is unwilling to testify. The house judiciary and oversight committees bullying tactics are unnecessary. We expect them to agree to another date so lisa can appear before the committees in the near future. The Committee Chairman said page and her lawyers have been in talks for weeks and the committee had to call in federal officers. The u. S. Marshals to serve the subpoena. In addition, our attorneys have had communications with her attorney for nearly a month now about this appearance and her attorney agreed to accept service of the subpoena and turn around and try to reject it. So thats why we sent the marshalls to her house to serve the subpoena. They had to go back three times before they finally were able to reach her. Two weeks ago, peter strzok, pages lover, was on capitol hill for a closeddoor deposition. Strzoks attorney told fox late this afternoon that he still does plan to appear tomorrow, maria. All right. That is public hearing. Katherine, thank you. Are Senate Democrats fighting President Trumps Supreme Court pick now . Helping or hurting their party in november. Karl rove is coming up on that. Stay with us. Insurance that wont replace the full value of your new car . Youd be better off throwing your money right into the harbor. Im gonna regret that. With Liberty Mutual new car replacement, well replace the full value of your car. Liberty. 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If all the republicans dont stick together and the democrats smell blood, then i dont think well get any democrats. So i think weve got to work from the standpoint that most of the democrats have said theyre going to vote no. There might be a possibility getting a few. I dont think any of those few would dare help us get over the hurdle if we lost a republican or two. Chuck grassley expecting a tough fight for democrats during the confirmation. Brett kavanaugh, will a long confirmation help or hurt . Karl rove is here. What do you think, karl . Good afternoon. Afternoon. Court Supreme Court battles tend to energize the base. The democrats were already energized. This will energy the Republican Base and narrow the advantage that the democrats might have going into the fall election. But even more important than that is, is it the rhetoric of the democrats in my opinion is so extreme, these comments are just over the top. Theyre going to turn off the independent and swing voters as this process goes forward. You saw Brett Kavanaugh monday night. He was direct, he was pointed, he was thoughtful. He was emotional, poignant describing his family. He will come across and intelligent and reassuring so the disconnect with the overthetop trash and the reality of Brett Kavanaugh will help the republicans with swing voters. At the same time, you have ice fighters fighting things like ms13. Theyre out working hard protecting the country. That is going to be sort of the narrative that the republicans take come november. That is probably going to resonate. Yeah, look, nearly 90 of the people arrested by ice, three out of four have a criminal record. Another 11 or 12 , nearly 90 alltogether, they have arrest warrants out for them. The idea that somehow well abolish ice and remove the Law EnforcementAgency Charged with finding violent illegal aliens in our country and removing them from society, that isnt going to work either. Theres been a shift going on because of the outcomes that this president has had on his decisions, whether its Economic Policy like tax reform and rolling back of regulations and the impact on the economy or the judges or Foreign Policy as well. What youre seeing, democrats are saying the outcomes are better than i expected. Im going to sit it out in november or ill be reluctantly voting for trump. Yeah. I think i think that you said democrats. I think its independents that will be affected. I think democrats are increasingly living in a cocoon that they have created for themselves. Everything that trump does is bad and nothing that he does has a positive impact. The disparity between and independent that says my job security is better, my paycheck is larger, my business is doing better, feeling better about our country with a stronger military. And the democrats tell me all of those things are bad. Theres a disconnect that will wont do well. So youve seen a change in term of the blue wave to red wave in november then . Yeah. Midterms are rarely waves benefitting the party in power. But all of this talk that we had earlier this year about a huge gigantic tsunami have receded. Reality is setting in that democrats have a very tough time grabbing control of the senate and that the race for the house is a coin flip that will depend on local campaigns and local candidates. The economy is doing good and people are feeling better about personal prospects. The economy drives a lot of things and the economy is really good right now. Karl, good to see you. Thanks so much. Thank you. What happened to cavuto . He will be back tomorrow. Good. Thank you. Karl rove. Just as the president is getting tough with allies over there, 88 senators are bucking his trade policies here. Why did republican pat toomey do it . Hes here with us next. Even though geico has been ohhh. Ooh ohh here we go, here we go. You got cut off there, what were you saying . Oooo. Oh no no. Maybe that geico has been proudly serving the military for over 75 years . Is that what you wanted to say . Mhmmm. I have to say, you seemed a lot chattier on tv. Geico. Proudly serving the military for over 75 years. You ok back there, buddy . Are you ready to take your then you need xfinity xfi. . A more powerful way to stay connected. It gives you super fast speeds for all your devices, provides the most wifi coverage for your home, and lets you control your network with the xfi app. Its the ultimate wifi experience. Xfinity xfi, simple, easy, awesome. Maria well, stocks rocked as President Trump is thinking about rocking china with more tariffs. Susan lee has the latest. A fourday winning streak has come to an end. Markets being weighed down by trade concerns after the Trump Administration announced a 10 tariff on a further 200 billion of chinese goods. That includes a lot of categories like leather, tech routers, handbags and frozen meat. The tariff wont go into effect after two months. But theyre also dampening investor enthusiasm after were heading into a strong u. S. Earning season. So the stocks are hardest hit, boeing and cater pillar. And Chinese Company alibaba is selling off. China doesnt up port as much u. S. Goods. Now theyre looking at other ways to retaliate. That might include holding up licenses for u. S. Companies operating in china. Delaying deals including 45 billion takeover by chip maker qualcomm and xp. Increase inspections for u. S. Products like fruits and vegetables and cars. The u. S. And china have the largest trading relationship in the world, valued at 600 billion. Bipartisan votes pushing back on trip over these tariffs as well and voting overwhelmingly in favor to maybe look at these trump moves in the future. Back to you. Maria thanks, susan. One of the republican senators bucking the president on trade today trying to limit his powers on tariffs is pennsylvanias pat toomey. Senator, good to have you on the program. Thanks for joining us. Thanks for having me. Maria let me ask you the details of this. The measure approved wednesday, does it address china . No, it doesnt. Its very narrow in focus and in fact, its not binding. This is the first step. What we voted on today does. It expressed the sense of a vast majority of u. S. Senators that in the future that the imposition of the 232 tariffs, those that invoke national security, that in order to do that, there should be a role for congress, not the unilateral role that the president has been using thus far. So a step in the right direction in my view. So this is more about aluminum and steel. Yes, it has and tariffs on canada and mexico and the e. U. But its an important step in the direction of restoring through congress our constitutional responsibility in this space. Maria are you not happy on the president s stance of trade . He wants to make sure that we understand the impact of some of these ident on this. Theres been terrific policy on tax reform. The president is terrific about rolling back regulations. Those are the reasons that weve had a tremendous surge of ec