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Successful, that president trump has managed to get the nato allies to stump up more money. we heard from the nato secretary-general saying that since 2016 the nato allies are putting up $130 billion more into defense spending. president trump has been pushing the nato partners to commit and make good on their 2% of gdp to be spent on defense spending commitments, back in 2016. that was three nations and now nine nations. that's a big win for president trump. differences, though, still exist. we have president trump expected to have a bilateral with the french president and the french presiden...

Russia, who likes to see division at nato. of course, concerns about that. and much of those concerns would depend on what president trump does. he's been tough on some of the nato leaders in the past, criticizing them for not making the 2% of gdp on defense spending commitments. now, there is good news on that front for president trump. spectacularly successful is how the white house is describing this, what we heard from the nato secretary general ask, since 2016, nato allies are contributing $130 billion more than they were five years ago. that, a success for president trump, because he is ...

A dictator. and we could see that again here, with the nato member nations worried that trump will come in, beat them up over not meeting their defense spending commitments and we'll have a very warm summit with vladimir putin. and i spoke to poland senator and secretary of state anna maria anders yesterday, she said she's worried that putin will charm donald trump into giving something away. and she said he's a very charming man, vladimir putin. i'm worried that donald trump will give something away. she's particularly worried about u.s. forces on polish soil any concession there. and you've ...

Later. >> that escalated quickly. a candidate for congress charged with assault after allegedly body slamming a reporter hours before polls open. why this might impact tonight's election but not in the way you think. good afternoon, welcome to the lead. i'm jake tapper in brussels today president trump took the opportunity of a nato summit to publicly berate fellow members for not living up to their defense spending commitments. this is an issue that previous presidents have grappled with in a less public and reproachful way. it's a well taken one the. but members were hoping president would...

Is in brussels attending the nato foreign minister's meeting. there he reaffirmed the trump administration's steadfast commitment to nato. secretary tillerson stressed the need for all member countries to meet their defense spending commitments, as well as nato to take a larger role in the fight against isis. the president looks forward to meeting with partners of nato to reaffirm the united states' commitment to nato and discuss ways to strengthen the alliance to cope with challenges and national and international security. this morning, the office of the united states trade representative re...