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Jon: is he going to find receptive audience here at home? >> i think he will and the reason i think that is because look at every time he's had conversations like this, whether it's expenditures the u.s. puts out in terms of south korea and how much we spend militarily and nato is a huge one, the united states under president trump has insisted that nato allies actually pay their obligations in order to make this alliance work, i think this is yet another example where the president is saying, look, we will be part of a defense agreement but we need fairness in that deal and americans typicall...

This is total engagement, and, people on the republican side, they have platitudes. if they are going to make this alliance work, they could step up and fully participate as far as the 2% go, but president trump, remember, it's a $30 billion increase when we got there just for readiness. i believe president trump came down and said, i think it's about 4%. he gets into the details of what it takes to make this alliance work but when you look into the mainstream media and of the full meltdown. >> poland is doing the opposite of germany, they refuse to be

This is total engagement, and, treating people like adults. people on the republican side, they have platitudes. if they are going to make this alliance work, they could step trump is a practical pragmatic businessman. he is saying if we are going to make this alliance work, people are going to have to step up and fully participate as far as the 2% go and it can't be ten years, it's got to be today. i think -- president trump, remember, $30 billion increase when we first got there, just for readiness. and today after these things in the morning, they had the readiness briefings. i believe pres...

Haven't been paying, as the president would say, their fair share? why isn't this happening? >> well, some of them claim that they have some economic problems at home. but, for example, germany, they contribute less than half of their percentage of gdp than we do in the united states. greece does contribute 2%. and one could argue that greece has more economic trouble than almost any other nato ally. britain contributes more than 2% for their defense. so it's uneven. they need to prioritize it. the common defense in europe and within nato is a common issue, a common challenge, and they need to...