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Cigarette butts are toxic. they release chemicals that poison our water... and harm wildlife. and millions... are polluting our environment. [ sniffing ] [ seagulls squawking ] after meeting with president trump last week, german chancellor angela merkel made a startling declaration, telling campaign supporters, quote, recent days have shown me that the times when we could rely completely on others are over to a certain extent, merkel adding, quote, we europeans must really take our own fate into our own hands. asked about the comments during his return to the white house briefing room today...

That's what the president called for. he called for additional burden sharing. the president believes that seeing europe and other nato countries increase their burden sharing is a very positive thing for their own countries, for nato as a whole, and for the united states to see these individuals heed the call that he has so eloquently put out over the last several -- frankly well over a year. >> joining me now, everybod even farkas. there's two contexts for that quote. one is like, oh, my god, it's the end of 70 years of this project post-world war ii. and the other, this is one person, stop ...

Mentioned is the burden sharing in nato. we fully subscribe to a fair burden sharing in nato. >> i'm sorry to interrupt, but why has president trump said that and saying germany is not carrying its fair share. this seems like a point of contention. germany and the u.s. are still allies. it does seem like there is real tension here. >> we have committed to a pledge to raise our defense budget. we have done so in the last year we raised it by 9%. we are committed to incrementally raise the defense spending over the next years in line with what nato leaders decided last year. that is our opinion....

States? >> that's not what she said. let me read what she said. she said the time when europe could solely rely on others is in the past and as i've witnessed in the past few days, europe must take its fate in their own hands. this means working in friendship with the u.s., uk and neighborly relationships with russia and other partners. that's great. that's what the president called for the secretary general of nato says that's what is moving them in the right direction. the president is getting result and more countries are stepping up their burden sharing. scott? >> sean, is the president de...

That was before the president's tweet this morning, quote, we have a massive trade deficit with germany, plus they pay far less than they should on nato and military. very bad for u.s. this will change. now, that tweet was suspected to have bee provoked by germa chancellor angela merkel, many reading into her comments this weekend as sharp criticism of president trump, saying at a beer fest, quote, the times in which we could completely depend on others are on the way out. we must fight for our future on our own, for our destiny as europeans. and then this press secretary sean spicer respondin...