DINNER IN THE UK TO START OFF
THIS UK VISIT.
BACK TO YOU.
MELISSA:S LOOKS LIKE FUN, BLAKE,
THANK YOU.
DAVID: JOINING ME HUDSON
INSTITUTE SENIOR FELLOW REBECCA
LET'S GO TO THE VIDEOTAPE, THE
HEAD OF NATO HIMSELF, THE
LET'S PLAY THE TAPE YESTERDAY.
>> AFTER YEARS OF DECLINE WHEN
ALLYIES WERE SUBTRACTING
BILLIONS, NOW THEY'RE ADDING
BILLIONS.
THERE IS NEW SENSE OF URGENCY
DUE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S STRONG
LEADERSHIP ON DEFENSE SPENDING.
TODAY ALLIES AGREED TO REDOUBLE
THEIR EFFORTS AND THIS WILL MAKE
DAVID: SO A LOT OF PEOPLE RIGHT
NOW ARE QUOTING MACRON AND
SAYING THAT THE PRESIDENT
MISSPOKE.
BASED ON WHAT THE HEAD OF NATO
JUST SAID, THAT'S NOT A MISSPEAK
AT ALL.
>> NO, THAT IS NOT A MISSPEAK AT
CERTAINLY GOT COMMITMENTS FROM
INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES TO MOVE
FASTER.
VERBAL COMMITMENTS TO GET TO
THAT 2%.
YOU KNOW IT IS HARD TO EXPLAIN
WHY CERTAIN COUNTRIES ARE
PEELING OFF SAYING THEY CAN'T
MEET THAT OR THEY WON'T MEET
THAT BUT I THINK THE BIGGER
THESE OTHER COUNTRIES, EVEN
WITHOUT THE PRESSURE OF THE
AMERICAN PRESIDENT, RISE TO THE
OCCASION AND SPEND -- WE'RE JUST
ASKING FOR 2% OF GDP.
THIS, DOESN'T MATTER HOW BIG
YOUR ECONOMY IS.
TERRORISM CHALLENGES ACROSS
EUROPE.
YOU ALSO HAVE THE THREAT FROM
RUSSIA FOR A LOT OF THESE
COUNTRIES.
DAVID: BUT AGAIN, YOU HAVE THE
HEAD OF NATO SAYING IN FACT
WE'LL BE PAYING, WE'RE ALREADY
PAYING MORE BUT WE'LL BE PAYING
MORE IN THE FUTURE.
AND PUTIN.
A LOT OF PEOPLE AGAIN
QUESTIONING WHETHER THE
PRESIDENT'S GIVING PUTIN TOO
MUCH OF A BREAK BUT HE DIDN'T
GIVE THE RUSSIANS ANY BREAK AT
ALL, WHEN HE HAMMERED DOWN ON
MUCH MORE DEPENDENT ON RUSSIA
THAN IT EVER WAS FOR ENERGY.
>> THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT.
IF YOU LOOK WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP
HAS DONE IN TERMS OF AMERICAN
FOREIGN POLICY SINCE HE HAS
TAKEN OFFICE, HE HAS BEEN
INCREDIBLY TOUGH, NOT TOUGH ON
RUSSIA.
HE IS PURSUING U.S. INTERESTS.
HE IS TRYING TO GET OUR EUROPEAN
ALLIES TO GET OUT FROM
UNDERNEATH THE THUMB OF THE
RUSSIANS IN TERMS OF THEIR
ENERGY MONOPOLY, TRYING TO BREAK
UP ENERGY MARKETS.
THAT IS MART OF WHAT HE
ANNOUNCED.
HE WAS IN POLAND SUPPORTING
CENTRAL EUROPE, EASTERN EUROPE.
SO THAT WAS A POWERFUL POINT
WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HOW IS
IT WE'LL ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY,
WE'LL TRY TO SPEND MORE TO DETER
CONTINUE IN FORMS OF ENERGY.
DAVID: THINK WHAT HE HAS
ACTUALLY DONE WITH REGARD TO
RUSSIA AS OPPOSED TO WHAT HE
SAYS.
HE SAYS HE WANTS TO BE THEIR
FRIENDS.
LOOK WHERE WE'VE ACTUALLY
ATTACKED RUSSIAN TROOPS ON THE
GROUND?
WE ATTACKED RUSSIAN SURROGATES
ON THE GROUND AS WELL.
ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN THE
WORDS.
I HAVE TO WONDER WHAT GOAL THE
PRESIDENT DOES HAVE IN THE LONG
RUN WITH THIS MEETING WITH
PUTIN?
>> WELL IT IS NOT EVEN YES,
WE'VE KILLED, NOT ONLY HAVE WE
OBVIOUSLY KILLED RUSSIAN ALLIES
IN SYRIA, WE KILLED ACTUAL
RUSSIANS IN SYRIA.
WE HAVE ALSO STRENGTHENED OUR
NUCLEAR DETERRENT FORCE,
INCLUDING PARTICULAR WEAPONS
SYSTEMS THE RUSSIANS DON'T LIKE.
WE'RE FUNDING THEM AND DEPLOY
TECHNOLOGY SPECIFICALLY TO GAIN
STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE OVER THE
RUSSIANS.
SO PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN VERY
TOUGH IN TERMS OF PURSUING U.S.
INTERESTS IN SPITE OF RUSSIAN
OBJECTIONS, MUCH MORE SO THAN
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION DID.
FIND WHERE THERE IS COMMON
GROUND WHERE THEY WORK TOGETHER.
LET PRESIDENT PUTIN KNOW THIS IS
PRESIDENT NOT BEING PUSHED
AROUND IN PURSUIT OF FOREIGN