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Announcement is that heather going to be able to achieve 1.5% that's not 2%. the commitment that was made in 2014 which meant in 10 years' time, by 2024 that countries should be able to spend 2% of g.d.p. on military spending. that's really needed. i think it's wrong to think of this as anything but strengthening the trans-atlantic alliance. when countries in europe start spending more and have a military that's ready for any problem that may develop, when they have their spending up at 2%, which is the nato requirement. that means that these countries here in europe are stronger. it means the...

Of course, most importantly vladimir putin's watching. >> the fact that our president does not respect those allies. actually shows more warmth to putin and his cronies, more warmth to the saudis where, of course the 9/11 terrorists came from. that's really disturbing. clayton: not just the mainstream media acting out. leaders seem to be turning their backs. here to weigh in former policy advisor to at the present time franks and fellow at the hudson institute rebeccahs. >> good morning. >> angela merkel one of those who seemed to turn her back on the president even before he landed back on u....

And to the extent that chancellor america cemerkel is strengthen her relationship with france and the other eu countries and bolster their defenses, all of that is good, but only if it takes place within a larger context of a strong trans-atlantic relationship. it's not europe or the trans-atlantic alliance. s it -- it has to be europe and the trans-atlantic alliance. we've encouraged them to do more and be more capable but within the contsext of our commitment o nato. >> are you among those who thought it was catastrophic and a huge error for donald trump not to explicitly endorse article 5 w...

If it comes to the future of how we are going to make decisions, don't automatically assume that germany will be following america's lead. >> there are a lot of republicans who said european needed for a long time to stand up for itself, to do more for itself, spend more on its own defense and not rely so much on the united states. it's part of what donald trump ran on. is that something that americans should welcome if europe says, okay, fine, we'll take you up on that. germany and france will lead and we'll put america to the side for now. >> yes, a stronger europe is in everybody's interest...

Keep friendly relations with the added. but she said europeans will have to take matters into their own hands. >> our trans atlantic relationship is one of the utmost importance. in a statement i made or what i said recently is due to the fact that in the face of the present circumstances, we have additional reasons for us to realize that we have to take our fate in our own hands in europe. >> shepard: president trump blasted germany with an early morning tweet. he said we have a massive trade deficit with germany and they pay less than they should on nato and military. very bad for the u.s. t...