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Idiot which trump called an amazing theatrical experience, maybe less amazing if American Idiot is now directed at you dont want to be an American Idiot jeanne moos, cnn, new york. And thanks for joining us. Ac 360 with anderson starts now. Its like the world gone crazy this morning. Trumps performance was beyond belief. Good evening, everyone. That quote is from a senior european diplomat talking to cnn about the nato summit in brussels and what the president said there today. Now, this diplomat we should point out is not alone. The western allies have been talking about it. The russians viet...

Conclusion of the nato summit, you know, the president a has elevated the defense spending issue above everything else at nato. the question is, you know, whether that will achieve the goal that he's set. nato's defense spending has been increasing since 2014. it's about the russian threat in europe, especially, and the threat that the united states an our european allies perceive from russia. so the president has pushed the issue, but it would be inaccurate to say the increase in defense spending has started with donald trump's presidency. it started before. he continued that trajectory. that...

Can't meet the targets that we've agreed all along your defense spending should hit, maybe you really don't believe that the security situation you face is as perilous as you say. so i think there is the old saying about the broken clock being right twice a day. and i think on the defense spending issue, the president is right, although perhaps for the wrong reasons. >> christiane, what than point, that if wealthy european countries really were so concerned about a threat from russia that they would up their defense spending? >> well, on that very issue, that is why they are upping their defen...

And, you know, it seems to me if i were the president, i wouldn't focus on the equity issue. i would simply say if you guys can't meet the targets that we've agreed all along, your defense spending should hit, maybe you really don't believe that the security situation you face is as perilous as you say. so i think there is the old saying about the broken clock being right twice a day. and i think on the defense spending issue, the president is right, although perhaps for the wrong reasons. >> christiane, what than point, that if wealthy european countries really were so concerned about a threa...

Brian: they did get force quickly together air land and sea and bulk bulking up cyber security. they have decreased defense spending to $150 billion combined even though they haven't hit all the thresholds. are they on the right track would the president benefit from emphasizing some of the positive or continue doing it the way he has so far. >> the germans have announced limit increases in defense spending they are way, way below the example of great britain who spends 2% of g.d.p. on defense. i do think that the president is right to really call out countries like germany on the defense spen...