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Wondering whether this is typical trump bluster or perhaps part of a larger strategy of some sort maybe. others are starting to actually wonder if the 70-year-old alliance can survive. nbc's geoff bennett is traveling with the president in brussels. kasie hunt is on capitol hill. jeff, as end stand it, another tweet from president trump. what's he saying now? >> reporter: that's right, craig. the president sent a tweet that captures the thrust of the argument he's been making all day. the president says this, what good is nato if germany is paying russia billions for gas and energy. why are th...

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Conservative that pushed for the war in iraq. >> isn't it one of the reasons that people attack us we have troops in their counselry? >> first of all why 2000 americans got killed had little to do with saudi arabia and everything to do with osama bin laden and al-qaida. a guy running for president of the united states who is getting poll number oversimplifies the foreign policy in the time of war. of course we need adjustments. but stop helping israel and investments and cut the defense budget and that is beyond ridiculous in the middle of a war. >> close all of these bases. we have 300,000 so...

Issues. and hopefully not nominate stop rocket attack against the outpost. >> shannon: wow! >> so they knew the rocket people frankly like christine attacks were coming from a o'donnell that has no chance of actually winning. >> shannon: alexander, i want general vicinity, but the way to ask you. things are you have to know is this an opening for where they're coming from to prosecute the target. democrats, this tea party and with the camera, they were establishment riff that able to pinpoint it and stop appears to be taking place it. no more rocket attacks. inside the g.o.p.? >> absolutely. t...

They're opposed to the policy and keep kicking people out. i don't know who promised, but if the white house keeps kicking people out, that will allow the policy to be repealed. that didn't happen today. if this was a political deal, a political compromise, that involves two parties negotiating in good faith. the other side in this case did not hold up their end of the bargain, if indeed that was the bargain. so if you're the white house, are you still going to hold up your end of this broken bargain? or are you going to do what you say you really want to do? >> i would prefer it not be orderl...