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Week with russia's vladimir putin before departing the white house, the president gave a preview of what to expect from him when he lands in europ europe. >> nato has not treated as fairly but we will work something else. we pay far too much and they pay far too little. we are being taken advantage of by the european union. we've lost $151 billion last year on trade and on top of that, we spend at least 70% for nato and frankly, it helps them a lot more than it helps us. so we will see what happens. >> katie: the president also said russia may be easier to deal with than nato members. >> melis...

Confidence about russia and chinese spending. clearly the tone ahead of the president's trip to europe is anything but cordial. as allies brace themselves for the tsunami of criticism, the president has continued to make about his disdain for their lack of, quote, financial commitment to the alliance. the latest presidential tweet, he says many countries in nato, we're expected to defend, are not only short of the current commitment of 2% of gdp, which is low, but they're delinquent for many years in payments that have not been aid. will they reimburse the u.s.? here's more from the president ...

We cannot be taken advantage of. we are being taken advantage of by the european union. we lost $151 billion last year on trade. and on top of that, we spend at least 70% for nato and frankly it helps them a lot more than it helps us. we will see what happens. we have a long, beautiful week. i will say, also, last night was an incredible evening. brett kavanaugh has gotten rave reviews. rave reviews. actually from both sides. and i think it's going to be a beautiful thing to watch over the next month. but he has gotten rave reviews. >> [inaudible question] >> i really can't say right now as fa...

And they continue they can get away with it. every nato commander always wants the nation's 2%. the domestic politics in many of those western european nations where they just don't think they need to spend the money. they have other priorities. >> sandra: the president always the negotiator making the case this morning as to why his demands will help them more than it will help us. listen. >> president trump: we cannot be taken advantage of. we're being taken advantage of by the european union. we lost $151 billion last year on trade and on top of that we spend at least 70% for nato and frank...

>> president trump: we're being taken advantage of by the european union. we lost $151 billion last year on trade. and we spent at least 70% for nato. and frankly, it helps them a lot more than it helps us. so we'll see what happens. >> dana: president trump speaking out ahead of his departure for the nato summit which is shaping up to be tense. the head of theure peep an union launching a twitter attack pushing back against the president's complaints about nato sending. president set to land in belgium within the next area. daniel is from the former national security council and former ambass...