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Domestically as a result of that. paul: bill, what about this disagreements we're hearing about between some of the intelligence officials and the white house? particularly dan coats, the director of national intelligence. he was -- seemed in an interview to be stunned by the news that the president has issued an invitation for putin to come in the fall, and issued a statement after the summit defending the intelligence community. >> right, well, look, we all know that the russians meddled. everyone knows that. i think even president trump knows it because he walked back his remarks earlier. l...

Let's listen to the president to answer a question from tucker carlson on montenegro. >> membership in nato obligates the members to defend any other member that's attacked. let's say montenegro is attacked, why should my son go there to defend it? >> i understand what you are saying. montenegro is a tiny country with very strong people, very aggressive people, and they may get aggressive, and congratulations you are in world war iii. paul: deterrence is the core function of nato or any alliance like this. does a comment like that suggest some doubt about whether or not we're willing to commit...

Ideas. the washington post had a story saying we ought to move our troops from germany to poland. to me that would be an incredible step forward. paul: speaking of congress, 98 to nothing vote this week by the senate warning the president not to take up putin's request to have -- to come and have russian prosecutors interview american officials who might know something about bill browder who is one of the authors of the act, a sanctions bill that passed in 2012 and has sanctioned i think about 51 russians. >> yeah, putin is trying out the classic cold war tactics, paul, where he offers somethi...

President? >> you know, there's a lot of misunderstanding about this. in talking to the people around the president, who i know, the president drives foreign policy and national security, make no mistake about it. paul: correct. >> and listen, i think this president -- i mean despite this week of criticism, he's the toughest guy on russia since ronald reagan, and the facts are on the table. look, the trump defense buildup comparable to the reagan buildup. it has to last a few more years to be sure. increasing the defense budgets in nato. we have deployed additional troops on the eastern border...

Columnist, editorial board member, and columnist and manhattan institute senior fellow. mary, i recall clearly last week you said the summit with putin was a bad idea. has the week made you change your mind about that? >> no, it hasn't at all. i think it is safe to say this was not a highlight of the trump presidency. now, as to what congress can do, they are a little limited of course because the executive branch is the one that sets foreign policy, but we have seen congress impose some pretty significant sanctions on russia, most notably after the invasion of ukraine and they could do so aga...