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European allies, the forceful ultimatum on military applications of all those countries. >> it is a fair demand that all who benefit from the best defense in the world carry their proportionate share of the necessary cost to defend freedom. >> martha: the warning surprisingly well received by nato secretary-general. he acknowledged unfair spending birdie in. watch this. >> conveying a very firm message. that message is about the importance of fairer burden sharing. it reflects a political reality. in the united states. and i think that will be appreciated by the ministers. >> martha: big crowd...

Of burden sharing. the u.s. has taken about 12,000 syrian, canada has taken 25,000, the europeans are not showing a lot of support. traditionally, the u.s. has been fantastic leader in humanitarian causes. i would hope it will remain so. the indications so far are not very good. we hope that this will be reviewed. as i mentioned, the neighbors countries have done all they could. they are bursting over the seams on holding refugees, and we have to bring some sense of burden sharing. after all, the west is supporting some of the parties, and therefore, it has a duty towards the victims of the co...

Of policy platforms articulated during the course of the campaign. in case of nato, he raised concerns about the commitment to the alliance but can drive forward an important commitment to change. >> one of the things he's concerned about that a lot of voters are concerned about are the contributions to nato. poland pays its fair share. other countries pay their fair share. how do we make sure that the united states is not carrying nato on its back all by itself? >> the fact is nato isn't being carried by the united states solely. we have to remember that while there are areas where allies can...

This is hard to put well but in essence trump is making good points. it's just when you begin to think it through, it's more complicated. the point we have the russians doing more and the germans ought to be doing more that's called burden sharing and that idea has been around for a long time. the united states has tried to get and there have been moments when we've done it very well. take -- when we kicked saddam out of kuwait and jim maker, secretary of state went around to every country and got them to pay up, we made money out of that deal. it is possible to burden share but you have to do...

European union members. there's a huge discussion here in europe as to how the refugee flow should be distributed amongst the various 28 member states. how to tell greece that there will be no responsibility, no burden sharing taken by the u.s. when greece is a country that's in dire financial straits that will continue to see an important philosophy refugees, why would greece continue to take them on if the u.s. takes such a position that lacks so much compassion. >> it allows other countries to say hey, the u.s. isn't doing it. we're not going to either. >> it sends a terrible message. the u...