WEBVTT 00:01.801 --> 00:05.061 PAUL MANAFORT. GOOD EVENING FROM OUR NBC NEWS 00:05.071 --> 00:06.896 GOOD EVENING FROM OUR NBC NEWS HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK. 00:06.940 --> 00:09.365 HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK. DAY 537 OF THE TRUFFLE 00:09.409 --> 00:10.100 DAY 537 OF THE TRUFFLE ADMINISTRATION AND THE PRESIDENT 00:10.143 --> 00:11.468 ADMINISTRATION AND THE PRESIDENT IS WAKING UP IN BRUSSELS FOR A 00:11.511 --> 00:13.370 IS WAKING UP IN BRUSSELS FOR A MEETING OF THE NATO ALLIES. 00:13.380 --> 00:15.305 MEETING OF THE NATO ALLIES. NATO SURVIVED A LOT OF THINGS 00:15.315 --> 00:17.507 NATO SURVIVED A LOT OF THINGS FROM WARS TO TERRORISM, BUT IT’S 00:17.517 --> 00:19.376 FROM WARS TO TERRORISM, BUT IT’S NEVER HAD TO SURVIVE A THREAT 00:19.386 --> 00:21.912 NEVER HAD TO SURVIVE A THREAT FROM A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 00:21.922 --> 00:22.279 FROM A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 00:22.289 --> 00:25.215 STATES. ONE OF THE NATO’S FOUNDING 00:25.225 --> 00:25.515 ONE OF THE NATO’S FOUNDING PILLARS. 00:25.559 --> 00:26.950 PILLARS. THE PRESIDENT GOES TO LONDON AND 00:26.993 --> 00:30.119 THE PRESIDENT GOES TO LONDON AND THEN HE MEETS WITH PUTIN OF 00:30.130 --> 00:31.822 THEN HE MEETS WITH PUTIN OF RUSSIA. 00:31.832 --> 00:33.890 RUSSIA. HERE WAS HOW THE PRESIDENT 00:33.901 --> 00:35.926 HERE WAS HOW THE PRESIDENT PREVIEWED HIS OWN TRIP TODAY. 00:35.969 --> 00:40.264 PREVIEWED HIS OWN TRIP TODAY. >> I HAVE NATO, I HAVE THE UK 00:40.307 --> 00:42.399 >> I HAVE NATO, I HAVE THE UK WHICH IS IN SOMEWHAT TURMOIL, 00:42.409 --> 00:46.136 WHICH IS IN SOMEWHAT TURMOIL, AND I HAVE PUTIN. 00:46.179 --> 00:48.238 AND I HAVE PUTIN. FRANKLY PUTIN MAY BE THE 00:48.248 --> 00:50.173 FRANKLY PUTIN MAY BE THE EASIEST. 00:50.217 --> 00:51.742 EASIEST. >> WOULD YOU SAY PUTIN IS A 00:51.752 --> 00:52.809 >> WOULD YOU SAY PUTIN IS A FRIEND OR SO. 00:52.820 --> 00:54.044 FRIEND OR SO. >> I CAN’T SAY. 00:54.087 --> 00:55.979 >> I CAN’T SAY. AS FAR AS I’M CONCERNED A 00:56.023 --> 00:56.413 AS FAR AS I’M CONCERNED A COMPETITOR. 00:56.423 --> 00:58.348 COMPETITOR. I THINK THAT GETTING ALONG WITH 00:58.392 --> 01:00.250 I THINK THAT GETTING ALONG WITH RUSSIA, GETTING ALONG WITH 01:00.260 --> 01:01.718 RUSSIA, GETTING ALONG WITH CHINA, GETTING ALONG WITH OTHERS 01:01.762 --> 01:05.055 CHINA, GETTING ALONG WITH OTHERS IS A GOOD THING AND NOT A BAD 01:05.065 --> 01:05.522 IS A GOOD THING AND NOT A BAD THING. 01:05.532 --> 01:07.758 THING. >> ABOUT THIS NATO SUMMIT HOURS 01:07.768 --> 01:09.560 >> ABOUT THIS NATO SUMMIT HOURS FROM NOW, "THE WASHINGTON POST" 01:09.570 --> 01:11.362 FROM NOW, "THE WASHINGTON POST" GIVES US THIS QUOTE. 01:11.405 --> 01:13.231 GIVES US THIS QUOTE. LEADERS CONVERGED ON BRUSSELS 01:13.273 --> 01:15.866 LEADERS CONVERGED ON BRUSSELS FEARFUL OF WHAT THE COMBATIVE 01:15.909 --> 01:17.267 FEARFUL OF WHAT THE COMBATIVE U.S. PRESIDENT MIGHT SAY OR DO 01:17.277 --> 01:20.370 U.S. PRESIDENT MIGHT SAY OR DO TO RUPTURE THE LIBERAL WORLD 01:20.381 --> 01:22.973 TO RUPTURE THE LIBERAL WORLD ORDER WITH SOME PRECLIKTING 01:22.984 --> 01:23.340 ORDER WITH SOME PRECLIKTING CALAMITY. 01:23.384 --> 01:25.676 CALAMITY. EUROPEAN LEADERS ARE AS 01:25.686 --> 01:26.777 EUROPEAN LEADERS ARE AS CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT CONCESSIONS 01:26.787 --> 01:30.181 CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT CONCESSIONS HE MIGHT MAKE TO PUTIN SUCH AS 01:30.224 --> 01:31.582 HE MIGHT MAKE TO PUTIN SUCH AS RECOGNIZING THE ANNEXATION AS 01:31.592 --> 01:34.118 RECOGNIZING THE ANNEXATION AS THEY ARE ABOUT THE CHAOS HE 01:34.161 --> 01:36.053 THEY ARE ABOUT THE CHAOS HE COULD CREATE AT THE NATO SUMMIT. 01:36.063 --> 01:38.188 COULD CREATE AT THE NATO SUMMIT. THE PRESIDENT’S LAST NATO VISIT, 01:38.199 --> 01:40.357 THE PRESIDENT’S LAST NATO VISIT, HIS FIRST AS PRESIDENT, DID NOT 01:40.368 --> 01:42.593 HIS FIRST AS PRESIDENT, DID NOT GO WELL. 01:42.636 --> 01:45.362 GO WELL. FELLOW ALLIES WERE VISIBLEY 01:45.406 --> 01:47.865 FELLOW ALLIES WERE VISIBLEY UNCOMFORTABLY THAT CRITICIZED 01:47.875 --> 01:50.901 UNCOMFORTABLY THAT CRITICIZED THE WAY THE ALLIANCE IS RUN AND 01:50.911 --> 01:52.669 THE WAY THE ALLIANCE IS RUN AND PAY FOR. 01:52.680 --> 01:54.905 PAY FOR. HE WAS GIVING THE HEISMAN 01:54.949 --> 01:56.440 HE WAS GIVING THE HEISMAN MANEUVER PUSHING HIM ASIDE TO 01:56.484 --> 01:57.575 MANEUVER PUSHING HIM ASIDE TO GET TO THE FRONT. 01:57.585 --> 02:00.011 GET TO THE FRONT. THE PRESIDENT WENT AFTER NATO 02:00.054 --> 02:01.880 THE PRESIDENT WENT AFTER NATO PRIOR TO ARRIVEING THERE ABOUT 02:01.923 --> 02:03.981 PRIOR TO ARRIVEING THERE ABOUT THE ALLIES AND HE SAID THE U.S. 02:03.992 --> 02:07.585 THE ALLIES AND HE SAID THE U.S. IS SUSPENDING MANY TIMES MORE TO 02:07.595 --> 02:08.219 IS SUSPENDING MANY TIMES MORE TO PROTECT THEM. 02:08.262 --> 02:10.154 PROTECT THEM. NOT FAIR TO THE U.S. TAXPAYER 02:10.198 --> 02:12.990 NOT FAIR TO THE U.S. TAXPAYER AND ON TOP OF THAT WE LOSE $151 02:13.001 --> 02:14.525 AND ON TOP OF THAT WE LOSE $151 BILLION ON TRADE WITH THE 02:14.568 --> 02:15.893 BILLION ON TRADE WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION. 02:15.937 --> 02:18.129 EUROPEAN UNION. HE ADDED THIS PRIOR TO HIS 02:18.173 --> 02:18.563 HE ADDED THIS PRIOR TO HIS DEPARTURE. 02:18.606 --> 02:19.831 DEPARTURE. >> IT’S GOING TO BE AN 02:19.841 --> 02:22.133 >> IT’S GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING TIME IN THE UK AND 02:22.143 --> 02:24.602 INTERESTING TIME IN THE UK AND IT’S GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING 02:24.612 --> 02:26.437 IT’S GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING TIME WITH NATO. 02:26.447 --> 02:28.005 TIME WITH NATO. NATO HAS NOT TREATED US FAIRLY, 02:28.016 --> 02:30.541 NATO HAS NOT TREATED US FAIRLY, BUT WE WILL WORK SOMETHING ELSE. 02:30.552 --> 02:32.844 BUT WE WILL WORK SOMETHING ELSE. WE PAY FAR TOO MUCH AND THEY PAY 02:32.887 --> 02:33.778 WE PAY FAR TOO MUCH AND THEY PAY FAR TOO LITTLE. 02:33.821 --> 02:36.213 FAR TOO LITTLE. WE WILL WORK IT OUT AND ALL 02:36.224 --> 02:39.050 WE WILL WORK IT OUT AND ALL COUNTRIES WILL BE HAPPY. 02:39.060 --> 02:40.752 COUNTRIES WILL BE HAPPY. >> DURING THE CAMPAIGN, HE 02:40.795 --> 02:42.587 >> DURING THE CAMPAIGN, HE CALLED NATO OBSOLETE. 02:42.630 --> 02:44.455 CALLED NATO OBSOLETE. PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CRITICAL 02:44.465 --> 02:47.024 PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CRITICAL COMMENTS ABOUT AMERICA’S CLOSEST 02:47.035 --> 02:49.627 COMMENTS ABOUT AMERICA’S CLOSEST ALLIES DREW A RARE PUBLIC REBUKE 02:49.638 --> 02:51.663 ALLIES DREW A RARE PUBLIC REBUKE WHICH WE HAVE FOR YOU HERE FROM 02:51.706 --> 02:56.267 WHICH WE HAVE FOR YOU HERE FROM THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 02:56.278 --> 02:58.803 THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> THE AMERICA APPRECIATE YOUR 02:58.847 --> 03:01.239 >> THE AMERICA APPRECIATE YOUR ALLIES AFTER ALL YOU DON’T HAVE 03:01.249 --> 03:02.741 ALLIES AFTER ALL YOU DON’T HAVE THAT MANY. 03:02.751 --> 03:04.743 THAT MANY. >> THE U.S. SENATE SENT A 03:04.753 --> 03:06.077 >> THE U.S. SENATE SENT A MESSAGE OF ITS OWN. 03:06.088 --> 03:08.246 MESSAGE OF ITS OWN. SENATORS PASSED A NON-BINDING 03:08.256 --> 03:12.083 SENATORS PASSED A NON-BINDING MOTION, BUT IT PASSED 97-2 03:12.093 --> 03:13.184 MOTION, BUT IT PASSED 97-2 REAFFIRMING THE U.S. COMMITMENT 03:13.227 --> 03:16.988 REAFFIRMING THE U.S. COMMITMENT TO NATO, THE ALLIANCE, ARIZONA 03:16.998 --> 03:18.590 TO NATO, THE ALLIANCE, ARIZONA SENATOR JOHN McCAIN, CHAIRMAN OF 03:18.600 --> 03:22.093 SENATOR JOHN McCAIN, CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES 03:22.104 --> 03:23.094 THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE’S STATEMENT READ NO 03:23.104 --> 03:26.631 COMMITTEE’S STATEMENT READ NO U.S. POLICY OR STRATEGY IN 03:26.675 --> 03:28.667 U.S. POLICY OR STRATEGY IN EUROPE CAN SUCCEED WITHOUT A 03:28.677 --> 03:32.003 EUROPE CAN SUCCEED WITHOUT A STRONG TRANSATLANTIC ALLIANCE. 03:32.014 --> 03:32.704 STRONG TRANSATLANTIC ALLIANCE. THEY CAN HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH 03:32.747 --> 03:34.706 THEY CAN HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH ONE ANOTHER ABOUT DIFFERENCES, 03:34.716 --> 03:38.109 ONE ANOTHER ABOUT DIFFERENCES, BUT UNRESTRAINED ATTACKS WILL 03:38.120 --> 03:42.748 BUT UNRESTRAINED ATTACKS WILL ONLY SERVE TO SEW DISSENT AND 03:42.791 --> 03:44.516 ONLY SERVE TO SEW DISSENT AND EMBOLDEN ADVERSARIES. 03:44.559 --> 03:46.151 EMBOLDEN ADVERSARIES. LET’S BRING IN THE LEAD OFF 03:46.194 --> 03:47.385 LET’S BRING IN THE LEAD OFF PANEL. 03:47.396 --> 03:51.590 PANEL. JEREMY BARB FROM THE CIA AND THE 03:51.600 --> 03:51.990 JEREMY BARB FROM THE CIA AND THE PENTAGON. 03:52.000 --> 03:53.692 PENTAGON. A NATIONAL POLITICS REPORTER 03:53.702 --> 03:55.227 A NATIONAL POLITICS REPORTER WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND 03:55.237 --> 03:57.129 WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND NED PRICE, FORMER SENIOR 03:57.172 --> 03:57.997 NED PRICE, FORMER SENIOR DIRECTOR TO THE NATIONAL 03:58.040 --> 03:59.431 DIRECTOR TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND HAPPENS TO 03:59.475 --> 04:03.035 SECURITY COUNCIL AND HAPPENS TO BE FORMER SENIOR ANALYST AT THE 04:03.045 --> 04:06.505 BE FORMER SENIOR ANALYST AT THE CIA. 04:06.548 --> 04:08.106 CIA. JEREMY, NO OTHER WAY TO PUT IT. 04:08.117 --> 04:09.942 JEREMY, NO OTHER WAY TO PUT IT. THESE ARE THE OLDEST AND BEST 04:09.986 --> 04:10.910 THESE ARE THE OLDEST AND BEST FRIENDS IN THE WORLD. 04:10.953 --> 04:11.944 FRIENDS IN THE WORLD. THEY HAVE OUR BACK. 04:11.954 --> 04:16.348 THEY HAVE OUR BACK. WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? 04:16.392 --> 04:21.053 WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? >> WE ARE WITNESSING THE DE 04:21.063 --> 04:23.856 >> WE ARE WITNESSING THE DE FACTO COLLAPSE. 04:23.866 --> 04:28.127 FACTO COLLAPSE. THE ONE COUNTRY THAT FEELS MOST 04:28.170 --> 04:30.062 THE ONE COUNTRY THAT FEELS MOST EMBOLDENED IS RUSSIA. 04:30.105 --> 04:31.163 EMBOLDENED IS RUSSIA. THEY HAVE BEEN SHOOTING 04:31.173 --> 04:32.431 THEY HAVE BEEN SHOOTING COMMERCIAL AIRLINERS OUT OF THE 04:32.474 --> 04:34.733 COMMERCIAL AIRLINERS OUT OF THE SKY AND POISONING WESTERN 04:34.743 --> 04:36.134 SKY AND POISONING WESTERN INTELLIGENCE FROM THE STREETS OF 04:36.145 --> 04:39.338 INTELLIGENCE FROM THE STREETS OF A MAJOR AMERICAN ALLY AND THEY 04:39.348 --> 04:40.072 A MAJOR AMERICAN ALLY AND THEY PAID ABSOLUTELY NO CONSEQUENCES 04:40.082 --> 04:42.174 PAID ABSOLUTELY NO CONSEQUENCES AND THEY ARE GETTING A 04:42.217 --> 04:45.477 AND THEY ARE GETTING A SIGNIFICANT RETURN FOR THE 04:45.488 --> 04:46.813 SIGNIFICANT RETURN FOR THE MEDDLING IN THE UNITED STATES 04:46.856 --> 04:47.179 MEDDLING IN THE UNITED STATES ELECTION. 04:47.223 --> 04:48.681 ELECTION. THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT IS ABOUT 04:48.691 --> 04:52.284 THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT IS ABOUT TO DECLARE THE NATO ALLIANCE NOT 04:52.295 --> 04:56.522 TO DECLARE THE NATO ALLIANCE NOT JUST OBSOLETE, BUT INEFFECTUAL 04:56.565 --> 04:58.290 JUST OBSOLETE, BUT INEFFECTUAL AND MAYBE DEFUNCT. 04:58.300 --> 05:00.559 AND MAYBE DEFUNCT. >> IT’S REALLY TWO SUMMITS ON 05:00.569 --> 05:01.293 >> IT’S REALLY TWO SUMMITS ON PARALLEL LEVELS. 05:01.304 --> 05:02.995 PARALLEL LEVELS. THE LEADERS LEVEL AND THEIR 05:03.006 --> 05:05.164 THE LEADERS LEVEL AND THEIR PHOTO OPES AND MEALS AND CLOSED 05:05.174 --> 05:07.767 PHOTO OPES AND MEALS AND CLOSED DOOR SESSIONS AND ALL THAT AND 05:07.777 --> 05:11.070 DOOR SESSIONS AND ALL THAT AND THEN THERE IS THE STAFF MEETING. 05:11.080 --> 05:13.105 THEN THERE IS THE STAFF MEETING. THESE PROFESSIONAL STAFF 05:13.115 --> 05:15.007 THESE PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEMBERS, MOST OF THEM WITH 05:15.050 --> 05:18.944 MEMBERS, MOST OF THEM WITH MULTIPLE SUMMITS UNDER THEIR 05:18.988 --> 05:21.614 MULTIPLE SUMMITS UNDER THEIR BELTS CONDUCT THEIR OWN 05:21.624 --> 05:21.981 BELTS CONDUCT THEIR OWN DIPLOMACY. 05:21.991 --> 05:23.182 DIPLOMACY. WHAT’S THAT GOING TO BE LIKE 05:23.192 --> 05:24.417 WHAT’S THAT GOING TO BE LIKE GIVEN WHAT THE TOP OF THE TICKET 05:24.460 --> 05:27.186 GIVEN WHAT THE TOP OF THE TICKET IS LIKE WITH THE U.S. 05:27.230 --> 05:27.620 IS LIKE WITH THE U.S. DELEGATION? 05:27.664 --> 05:29.021 DELEGATION? >> THAT’S A BIG PART OF THE 05:29.031 --> 05:29.688 >> THAT’S A BIG PART OF THE PROBLEM HERE. 05:29.732 --> 05:31.224 PROBLEM HERE. THEY DON’T KNOW WHO TO LISTEN 05:31.267 --> 05:31.491 THEY DON’T KNOW WHO TO LISTEN TO. 05:31.534 --> 05:34.093 TO. THEY ARE GETTING SUCH MIXED 05:34.103 --> 05:35.528 THEY ARE GETTING SUCH MIXED MESSAGES OUT OF THE U.S. 05:35.538 --> 05:37.430 MESSAGES OUT OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND ON OUT OF THE 05:37.473 --> 05:38.931 GOVERNMENT AND ON OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE ITSELF. 05:38.942 --> 05:41.367 WHITE HOUSE ITSELF. YOU HAVE JOHN BOLTON ARGUING FOR 05:41.411 --> 05:43.736 YOU HAVE JOHN BOLTON ARGUING FOR A TOUGHER APPROACH AND JIM 05:43.747 --> 05:46.339 A TOUGHER APPROACH AND JIM MATTIS ARGUING THAT THE U.S. 05:46.382 --> 05:48.575 MATTIS ARGUING THAT THE U.S. SHOULD BE MORE CONCILIATORY AND 05:48.618 --> 05:49.842 SHOULD BE MORE CONCILIATORY AND PROP UP THE ALLIANCE. 05:49.886 --> 05:52.178 PROP UP THE ALLIANCE. YOU HAVE THE MID-LEVEL 05:52.222 --> 05:53.546 YOU HAVE THE MID-LEVEL BUREAUCRATS WHO ARE REALLY THE 05:53.557 --> 05:55.748 BUREAUCRATS WHO ARE REALLY THE PLACE WHERE THE ACTUAL DIPLOMACY 05:55.758 --> 05:57.350 PLACE WHERE THE ACTUAL DIPLOMACY WORK GETS DONE AND THEY JUST 05:57.393 --> 06:00.320 WORK GETS DONE AND THEY JUST DON’T KNOW WHO TO LISTEN TO. 06:00.363 --> 06:00.954 DON’T KNOW WHO TO LISTEN TO. THEY DON’T KNOW IF THE 06:00.964 --> 06:02.222 THEY DON’T KNOW IF THE INFORMATION THEY ARE GETTING IS 06:02.232 --> 06:04.057 INFORMATION THEY ARE GETTING IS CORRECT AND PROMISES WILL BE 06:04.067 --> 06:05.558 CORRECT AND PROMISES WILL BE FOLLOWED THROUGH ON. 06:05.569 --> 06:07.260 FOLLOWED THROUGH ON. THAT’S A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM IN 06:07.303 --> 06:09.395 THAT’S A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM IN TERMS OF GETTING THE 06:09.439 --> 06:10.964 TERMS OF GETTING THE NITTY-GRITTY WORK OF DIPLOMACY 06:11.007 --> 06:12.365 NITTY-GRITTY WORK OF DIPLOMACY DONE. 06:12.375 --> 06:14.601 DONE. >> OUR NATION TURNS THEIR LONELY 06:14.644 --> 06:15.468 >> OUR NATION TURNS THEIR LONELY EYES TO YOU. 06:15.478 --> 06:17.971 EYES TO YOU. YOU GET THE TASK OF EXPLAINING 06:18.014 --> 06:19.840 YOU GET THE TASK OF EXPLAINING FINALLY WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS 06:19.883 --> 06:21.274 FINALLY WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS TALKING ABOUT WITH THE BALANCE 06:21.284 --> 06:23.276 TALKING ABOUT WITH THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS TO NATO. 06:23.286 --> 06:25.378 OF PAYMENTS TO NATO. AS HE TELLS IT, YOU WOULD THINK 06:25.421 --> 06:27.380 AS HE TELLS IT, YOU WOULD THINK WE ARE MAKING ALL THE CAR 06:27.390 --> 06:28.648 WE ARE MAKING ALL THE CAR PAYMENTS FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO 06:28.692 --> 06:30.150 PAYMENTS FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO DRIVE THE CAR EVERY DAY. 06:30.160 --> 06:34.287 DRIVE THE CAR EVERY DAY. YOU WOULD THINK WE ARE PAYING 06:34.297 --> 06:36.990 YOU WOULD THINK WE ARE PAYING FOR SOME E FERM RAL SECURITY THE 06:37.000 --> 06:38.792 FOR SOME E FERM RAL SECURITY THE BENEFITS OF WHICH WE NEVER SEE. 06:38.835 --> 06:40.761 BENEFITS OF WHICH WE NEVER SEE. WHAT IS THE NATO PAYMENT 06:40.804 --> 06:41.161 WHAT IS THE NATO PAYMENT STRUCTURE. 06:41.171 --> 06:43.964 STRUCTURE. BY HOW MUCH IS THE PRESIDENT 06:43.974 --> 06:45.065 BY HOW MUCH IS THE PRESIDENT EXAGGERATING OUR AND THEIR 06:45.075 --> 06:45.465 EXAGGERATING OUR AND THEIR DEFICIT? 06:45.475 --> 06:47.000 DEFICIT? >> YOU ARE RIGHT, BRIAN. 06:47.043 --> 06:48.668 >> YOU ARE RIGHT, BRIAN. YOU WOULD THINK THAT IF YOU 06:48.712 --> 06:49.369 YOU WOULD THINK THAT IF YOU LISTENED TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. 06:49.379 --> 06:51.805 LISTENED TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS RIGHT ABOUT 06:51.848 --> 06:52.105 PRESIDENT TRUMP IS RIGHT ABOUT THING. 06:52.115 --> 06:54.441 THING. THERE IS A 2% NON-BINDING 06:54.484 --> 06:56.609 THERE IS A 2% NON-BINDING GUIDELINE FOR NATO MEMBERS FOR 06:56.620 --> 06:59.313 GUIDELINE FOR NATO MEMBERS FOR THEIR OWN DEFENSE SPENDING. 06:59.323 --> 07:00.380 THEIR OWN DEFENSE SPENDING. THIS IS WHAT NATO MEMBERS SHOULD 07:00.391 --> 07:02.015 THIS IS WHAT NATO MEMBERS SHOULD SPEND ON THEIR OWN DEFENSE. 07:02.025 --> 07:03.583 SPEND ON THEIR OWN DEFENSE. IT IS NOT TRUE AS PRESIDENT 07:03.594 --> 07:06.320 IT IS NOT TRUE AS PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS THAT NATO IS A LEACH. 07:06.330 --> 07:08.388 TRUMP SAYS THAT NATO IS A LEACH. THAT NATO IS A MOOCH ON 07:08.399 --> 07:08.722 THAT NATO IS A MOOCH ON RESOURCES. 07:08.765 --> 07:11.325 RESOURCES. IN MAKING THAT ARGUMENT, HE 07:11.335 --> 07:14.261 IN MAKING THAT ARGUMENT, HE OBSCURED IF NOT OBLITERATES WHAT 07:14.304 --> 07:16.630 OBSCURED IF NOT OBLITERATES WHAT WE DERIVE FROM THE WORLD’S MOST 07:16.640 --> 07:18.532 WE DERIVE FROM THE WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL MILITARY ALLIANCE. 07:18.542 --> 07:22.002 SUCCESSFUL MILITARY ALLIANCE. THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MATTIS 07:22.012 --> 07:23.137 THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MATTIS HAS SAID. 07:23.180 --> 07:25.506 HAS SAID. THEY HOST 28 MILITARY BASES, 07:25.549 --> 07:28.342 THEY HOST 28 MILITARY BASES, SAVING US ABOUT $2.5 BILLION. 07:28.352 --> 07:30.244 SAVING US ABOUT $2.5 BILLION. NATO IS CURRENTLY TODAY TAKING 07:30.254 --> 07:32.947 NATO IS CURRENTLY TODAY TAKING PART IN FIVE ACTIVE MISSIONS TO 07:32.957 --> 07:35.249 PART IN FIVE ACTIVE MISSIONS TO INCLUDE OF COURSE THE MISSION IN 07:35.259 --> 07:35.649 INCLUDE OF COURSE THE MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN. 07:35.659 --> 07:38.352 AFGHANISTAN. OVERTIME NATO CONTRIBUTED 40,000 07:38.362 --> 07:40.521 OVERTIME NATO CONTRIBUTED 40,000 TROOPS SAVING THE UNITED STATES 07:40.531 --> 07:42.623 TROOPS SAVING THE UNITED STATES SOME $49 BILLION. 07:42.633 --> 07:44.425 SOME $49 BILLION. NATO IN THE PROCESS LOSING MORE 07:44.435 --> 07:47.361 NATO IN THE PROCESS LOSING MORE THAN 1,000 OF THOSE SERVICE 07:47.371 --> 07:49.029 THAN 1,000 OF THOSE SERVICE MEMBERS AND NATO HAS COME TO OUR 07:49.039 --> 07:53.367 MEMBERS AND NATO HAS COME TO OUR AID ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS TO 07:53.377 --> 07:55.736 AID ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS TO INCLUDE AFTER 9/11, BUT AFTER 07:55.746 --> 07:56.771 INCLUDE AFTER 9/11, BUT AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA WHEN THEY 07:56.814 --> 07:58.206 HURRICANE KATRINA WHEN THEY COORDINATED ELEMENTS OF A RESCUE 07:58.249 --> 07:58.572 COORDINATED ELEMENTS OF A RESCUE MISSION. 07:58.583 --> 08:01.275 MISSION. ALL OF THAT IS REALLY PENNIES ON 08:01.318 --> 08:03.511 ALL OF THAT IS REALLY PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT 08:03.554 --> 08:05.846 THE DOLLAR WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT NATO’S CORE MISSION AND WHAT 08:05.856 --> 08:07.281 NATO’S CORE MISSION AND WHAT NATO DOES FOR US. 08:07.324 --> 08:09.717 NATO DOES FOR US. IT IS ABOUT DETERRENCE AND 08:09.760 --> 08:12.486 IT IS ABOUT DETERRENCE AND ENSURING THERE IS NOT A COLOSSAL 08:12.529 --> 08:14.822 ENSURING THERE IS NOT A COLOSSAL WORLD WAR INITIATIVED BY RUSSIA 08:14.865 --> 08:16.990 WORLD WAR INITIATIVED BY RUSSIA THAT WOULD DRAW IN THE UNITED 08:17.001 --> 08:17.491 THAT WOULD DRAW IN THE UNITED STATES. 08:17.502 --> 08:19.894 STATES. IF THAT WERE TO PASS, IT WOULD 08:19.937 --> 08:21.896 IF THAT WERE TO PASS, IT WOULD BE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND THE 08:21.906 --> 08:23.464 BE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND THE U.S. INVESTMENT IN NATO BECAUSE 08:23.508 --> 08:28.469 U.S. INVESTMENT IN NATO BECAUSE OF THAT IS A REALLY SMART 08:28.480 --> 08:29.270 OF THAT IS A REALLY SMART ECONOMICAL IDEA. 08:29.280 --> 08:33.107 ECONOMICAL IDEA. >> I GO BACK TO THE FOLKS THAT 08:33.151 --> 08:33.541 >> I GO BACK TO THE FOLKS THAT HAVE OUR BACK. 08:33.584 --> 08:34.308 HAVE OUR BACK. YOU HAVE THE PRESIDENT’S MEETING 08:34.318 --> 08:36.110 YOU HAVE THE PRESIDENT’S MEETING AT THE NATO SUMMIT AND THE 08:36.120 --> 08:37.512 AT THE NATO SUMMIT AND THE PRESIDENT’S MEETING WITH THE 08:37.555 --> 08:40.248 PRESIDENT’S MEETING WITH THE CURRENTLY EMBATTLED PM OF THE 08:40.291 --> 08:41.816 CURRENTLY EMBATTLED PM OF THE UK, TERESA MAY. 08:41.859 --> 08:45.053 UK, TERESA MAY. HOW DO YOU REACT AS A VETERAN OF 08:45.096 --> 08:47.722 HOW DO YOU REACT AS A VETERAN OF PENTAGON AND CIA, TO HEAR HIM 08:47.732 --> 08:49.824 PENTAGON AND CIA, TO HEAR HIM SAY THE EASIEST PART OF HIS TRIP 08:49.867 --> 08:53.328 SAY THE EASIEST PART OF HIS TRIP IS LIKELY TO BE HIS TIME WITH 08:53.338 --> 08:54.563 IS LIKELY TO BE HIS TIME WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN? 08:54.606 --> 08:56.631 VLADIMIR PUTIN? >> IT’S UNBELIEVABLE. 08:56.641 --> 08:58.600 >> IT’S UNBELIEVABLE. IF YOU THINK OF THE OPERATIONAL 08:58.610 --> 08:59.934 IF YOU THINK OF THE OPERATIONAL ACTIVITY UNDER WAY AT THIS HOUR 08:59.945 --> 09:01.536 ACTIVITY UNDER WAY AT THIS HOUR WITH MANY OF THE SERVICE MEMBERS 09:01.579 --> 09:05.273 WITH MANY OF THE SERVICE MEMBERS AND INTELLIGENCE AND DIPLOMATS 09:05.316 --> 09:06.607 AND INTELLIGENCE AND DIPLOMATS SERVING IN MANY CORNERS OF THE 09:06.618 --> 09:08.643 SERVING IN MANY CORNERS OF THE WORLD AND MANY UNDER FIRE IN THE 09:08.687 --> 09:10.912 WORLD AND MANY UNDER FIRE IN THE DARK DIFFICULT PLACES OF THE 09:10.955 --> 09:16.517 DARK DIFFICULT PLACES OF THE WORLD WHERE AMERICA IS FIGHTING, 09:16.528 --> 09:18.853 WORLD WHERE AMERICA IS FIGHTING, WE ARE STANDING SHOULDER TO 09:18.897 --> 09:20.822 WE ARE STANDING SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH THOSE FROM THE 09:20.865 --> 09:23.224 SHOULDER WITH THOSE FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM AND FOR THE 09:23.234 --> 09:24.926 UNITED KINGDOM AND FOR THE PRESIDENT TO UNDERMINE THE 09:24.936 --> 09:28.363 PRESIDENT TO UNDERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ALLIANCE 09:28.373 --> 09:31.066 EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ALLIANCE AND SAY MY CLOSEST FRIEND IS 09:31.109 --> 09:33.035 AND SAY MY CLOSEST FRIEND IS VLADIMIR PUTIN UNDERMINES THE 09:33.078 --> 09:36.081 VLADIMIR PUTIN UNDERMINES THE CONCEPT OF DETERRENCE AND THE