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Nato report only confirms the spending goal of 2% aircra, a commitment made in 2014. here to discuss is jake sullivan. this is now, an m.o. create the crisis and then say that you unwound it with these concessions that don't exist. do you think other countries are catching up to this? >> i think to a certain extent they are. in fact i was in europe last week and many people were writing the script before donald trump delivered it. they were saying what is going to happen here, is that trump will walk in saying america is getting screwed. and walk out saying he alone, donald trump fixed anythin...

President today on his way out of the nato in brussels. told a whopper about military spending. >> amazing two-day period in brussels. and accomplished a lot with regards to nato. everybody has agreed to up their agreement. the commitment was 2% ultimately. >> that is not true. leaders of italy and france removed ambiguity whatsoever. italian said there is no additional spending. french person added the official nato report only confirms the spending goal of 2%, a commitment made in 2014. here to discuss is jake sullivan.

Session is -- and this is what i hear reported -- is that we have agreed to reach the spending goal quicker. to address it quicker so it is indicative of the commitment of the nations to meet their obligations. >> we need to see what, in fact, did come out of the meeting. we're waiting to hear from the secretary general jens stoltenberg. on facts and figures, you're a military guy, you made the military your life. numbers matter to you. the president said that u.s. defense spending makes up 90% of overall nato defense spending. that's not the case. it's around 70% when you look at how much the...

Now starting at $7.99. gillette. the best a man can get. in brussels today, president trump called on nato countries to increase their defense spending from 2% to 4% of their gdp. president trump has been accusing his fellow nato members of not pulling their weight. in technically none of them are in arrears because they're not supposed to reach their higher spending goal until 2024 and they are up to date on their yearly dues. the president does not mention any of that. and the fact that the allies paid the u.s. $2.5 billion for keeping their troops in europe. joining me now, congressman ad...

To press on the 2% of spending goal and he should do that. we're starting to see some result of doing so. that's good. they ought to put that on the zpa table and then move it aside. will nato step up and join the fight against the islamic state, putting a mission in iraq and possibly helping in syria? secondly, he ought to talk about russia and how we need stand together against russia. and i think that's becoming quite clear. and i'll put a third one on the agenda that i hope they talk about. cyber security. increasingly, russia is using these kinds of toos as part of what is called hybrid w...