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The relationship between president trump and president macron was a little rocky. macron said they need a true regional army to deal with threats, including from the united states. the president said macron's idea was insulting, particularly because many european nations have not lived up to the financial commitment to nato. macron suggested his plan would actually help do that. >> i do share president trump's view that we need a much better burden sharing within nato and that's why i do believe that my proposal for european defense is consistent with that because it means more europe was in t...

Very important. so thank you very much for being here. this is our pleasure and our people are very proud to have you here and i want to thank you here today for your solidarity 100 years ago when we celebrate reform for our people. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. . >> well, i very much appreciate that, mr. president and we have become very good friends over the last couple of years. we have much in common, in many ways, perhaps more ways than people would understand, but we are. we have very much similar in our views. and i appreciate what you are saying about burden sharing. you know w...

Course europe should have its own strong military. president trump really tried to put the focus on burden sharing, but it is a striking moment, frances, because of course those two leaders had what a lot of people called a bromance and that bromance has been fizzling over time due to a range of different foreign policy disputes over everything from iran to climate policy so all of those disputes really at the forefront, but again, the two leaders coming to mark the 100th anniversary to the end of world war i and to celebrate peace among allies, frances. now, there was another issue that bubbl...

In terms of trade relations or in terms of burden sharing in nato and that is a more a more plausible scenario ok so should the democrats take power there is a very real concern in europe the donald trump could become more active on the foreign policy front and that would include dismantling some of the global institutions he's very much opposed to part of. what he calls his anti globalist agenda on trade and nato do you see that as you mention this being a real threat it is a it is a threat but when you look at what the americans do they support nato they spend more money for defense of deter...

Joining us at the table, nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. i worked for a president who came to the unga when there were disagreements about extraordinary rendition, about the war in iraq, enhanced interrogation. those were policy differences. he was never scoffed. i mean, he took that speech seriously. it was written by serious foreign policy advisers like condoleezza rice, colin powell and others. "the new york times" is reporting stephen miller, his immigration hardliner, wrote this speech today. it doesn't seem like an overstatement to call it a disgrace. >> it ...