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The trump administration who take it seriously want to do something, fight back. if you have a president who feels that his entire legitimacy is undercut admitting that the russians interfered in the 2016 campaign. he sees awful this as the undermining his own legitimacy. the problem with that is, let's take apart, as you say, russians were trying to sow dischord. they were more against hillary clinton than they were necessarily, pro donald trump. but you know, let's just if only he could wipe the slate clean and say, okay, he won. but, now we have to do something about russia. but he is incap...

Our first tmz presidency, that whatever the president does it's some sort of grudge or the latest tirade against some sort of perceived villain for giving fair and accurate coverage of his presidency. but what you're missing is the overall strategy behind this on trump's part. it's about him selling to his base how successful he is, and if anybody says that it's not true, it's about discrediting them. >> my argument has been he's got that base. i was at an event last week with him in iowa, last week, i lose track of time with this new world we're in. i was with him and talked to a lot of peopl...

And i think clans lor merkel is showing that that is not clear. you have an alliance, and the president, not criticizing vladimir putin, but criticizing our german al lies, germany, the central economic power in europe, and the ur biggest trading power, it just doesn't add up? >> i think what the president doesn't seem to understand is that almost everything the united states tries to achieve in the world is more achievable, more affordable and more achievable, and it is america's closest friends, our allies, that volunteer to help us achieve those things in what he is doing and the way he goe...

Russia. he rarely if ever speaks of their meddling in the 2016 u.s. election. the ongoing cyberattacks, the invasion of ukraine or deadly nerve agents in the united kingdom traced back to russia. again today he saved criticism for european allies. >> we do have hey lot of allies. but we cannot be taken advantage of. we are being taken advantage of by the european union. we spend 70% for nato. frankly it helps them a lot more than it helps us. >> yet the only time nato invoked article five of treaty where an attack on one is an attack on all when allies came to the defense of the u.s. after the...

Peninsula, whether be with regard to ukraine, whether resolving the issue in syria. i think having the president silt do sisit down, to find whether there is common cause to resolve intractable issues between the united states and discuss issues of great concern. >> he said it would be easier meeting easier than the nato al lies. >> well, look, the president is going to deliver a message. when he arrives in brussels. it is time for nato allies to live up to the commitments that they made. the wales agreement that they all signed on to said that all of the countries in this important historic a...