President Donald Trump's Impact On Long-Term Interests With European Allies | Morning Joe

AND CONTINUE TO ACT ERRATIC AND NOBODY IS LAUGHING.
WHAT DO WE HAVE NEXT, MIKA? >> DURING OUR SHOW YESTERDAY,
TRUMP TWEETED ABOUT TRADE WITH GERMANY, DEEPENED THE CHILL WITH
THAT COUNTRY AFTER THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO EUROPE.
THE PRESS SECRETARY SOUGHT TO CLARIFY THE PRESIDENT AND THE
GERMAN CHANCELLOR'S RELATIONSHIP.
>> I THINK THE RELATIONSHIP THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS HAD WITH
MERKEL HE WOULD DESCRIBE AS FAIRLY UNBELIEVABLE.
THEY GET ALONG VERY WELL. HE HAS A LOT OF RESPECT FOR HER.
THEY CONTINUE TO GROW THE BOND THAT THEY HAD DURING THEIR TALKS
IN THE G7. ANY VIEW, NOT JUST NERMLY, BUT
THE REST OF EUROPE AS AN IMPORTANT MARY KHAN ALLY.
>> HOW DID HE VIEW HER COMMENTS THAT SHE FELT EUROPE COULD NO
LONGER DEPEND ON THE UNITED STATES?
>> RESPECTFULLY THAT'S NOT WHAT SHE SAID.
SINCE YOU'RE MISQUOTING, LET ME READ WHAT SHE SAID.
SHE SAID THE TIME WHEN EUROPE COULD RELY SOLELY ON OTHERS IS
WHAT IN THE PAST. AS I HAVE WITNESSED OVER THE
PAST FEW DAYS EUROPE MUST TAKE ITS FATE INTO ITS OWN HANDS.
THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S WHAT THE PRESIDENT CALLED
FOR. HE KALD FOR ADDITIONAL BURDEN
SHARING. THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF NATO
SAID THE PRESIDENT'S CALLS ARE WHAT'S MOVING THEM IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION. THE PRESIDENT IS GETTING RESULTS
TO SEE THESE INDIVIDUALS HEED THE CALL THAT HE HAS SO
ELOQUENTLY PUT OUT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL -- FRANKLY WELL OVER A
YEAR. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COMMENTS
THAT THE SECRETARY GENERAL MADE, HE RECOGNIZES THAT THE
PRESIDENT'S RHETORIC HAS HAD AN EXTREMELY POSITIVE EFFECT ON THE
STRENGTHENING OF NATO. >> YESTERDAY WHILE BURNISHING
TRADE WITH WITH INDIA MERKEL SO TO COOL TENSIONS WITH WASHINGTON
WHILE STILL EMPHASIZING THAT EUROPE HAD TO TAKE ITS DESTINY
INTO ITS OWN HANDS. MEANWHILE NBC NEWS LEARNED
GERMAN INTELLIGENCE HAS TOLD ITS AMERICAN COUNTERPART THAT IT
DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY HELP IN MONITORING OR SAFEGUARDING
GERMANY'S UPCOMING ELECTION. A SENIOR U.S. INTELLIGENCE
OFFICIAL SAYS GERMAN OFFICIALS DON'T WANT, QUOTE, ANY HINT OF
U.S. INVOLVEMENT ANYMORE. ADDING THERE ISN'T MUCH TRUST IN
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTIONS.
THE GERMANS ALREADY HAVE THEIR OWN INTELLIGENCE GATHERING
NETWORK. ANGELA MERKEL'S MAIN CHALLENGER
IN THE ELECTION MARTIN SCHULTZ TOLD THE GERMAN BROADCASTER,
QUOTE, WE HAVE TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THE UNITED STATES THAT THEY
ARE ISOLATED. JOE, IS IT POSSIBLE WHAT SPICY
WAS DOING THERE WAS SPIN? DO THEY -- IS IT POSSIBLE THAT
THEY ARE SO UNBELIEVABLY OUT OF IT OR STUPID THAT THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND THE DAMAGE THAT'S BEING CREATED NATIONALLY WITH
THE RELATIONSHIP WITH GERMANY. >> THEY UNDERSTAND THE DAMAGE
BEING CREATED. >> ARE YOU SURE?
I DON'T THINK HE GETS IT. >> THEY DO UNDERSTAND THAT.
YOU CAN TALK TO THE FOREIGN POLICY COMMUNITY IN WASHINGTON.
THEY WILL TELL YOU OVER THE PAST 24 TO 48 HOURS THERE'S BEEN DEEP
CONCERNS ABOUT A WIDENING RIFT BETWEEN THE TWO.
>> I UNDERSTAND OTHERS SEE THAT. BUT DOES THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION SEE WHAT A MESS THIS IS CREATING?
>> I DO BELIEVE THEY DO. I DO BELIEVE THEY DO.
>> THEY JUST DON'T CARE? >> I'M WORRIED THAT EVERYONE
WITHIN THE WHITE HOUSE IS SO CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR AUDIENCE
OF ONE AND PLEASING THE PRESIDENT THAT THEY'VE
COMPLETELY LOST THE BIGGER PICTURE.
>> THAT'S WHAT WE SAW WITH SEAN SPICER YESTERDAY.
THAT PRESS CONFERENCE WAS AN ABSOLUTE DISASTER EXCEPT FOR THE
FACT THAT HE HAS AN AUDIENCE OF ONE.
THE MESSAGE SENT OUT TO THE WORLD IS A DESTABILIZING
MESSAGE. BUT HE'S HAPPY BECAUSE HE'S
PLEASED THE ONE GUY HE NEEDS TO PLEASE.
>> BE DAMD WHATEVER OUR NATIONAL INTEREST IS AND OUR LONG-TERM
INTEREST WITH ALL THESE IMPORTANT ALLIES.
>> HOW ABOUT THE DECADES OF WORK TO STRENGTHEN THESE
RELATIONSHIPS THAT IS JUST BEING UNRAVELED.
>> THE CENTER OF OUR POLICY SINCE 1947.
WILLIE, YOU READ WHAT'S HAPPENING IN ITALY.
THE RUSSIANS ARE MAKING INROADS IN ITALY AS WELL.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD UNRAVEL VERY QUICKLY.
MAYBE THIS ALLIANCE DOES NOT SURVIVE THE NEXT THREE YEARS,
THREE AND A HALF YEARS. IT'S ONE PRESIDENT, HE'LL GET
OUT IN FOUR YEARS AND WE CAN REBUILD THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT
HAVE KEPT THE WORLD SAFE. ITALY IS UNRAVELING QUICKLY.
>> TO BE CLEAR, IN THAT MOMENT IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE WHERE
SPICER READ BACK THE QUOTE. SHE SAID IN THE BEGINNING OF HER
COMMENT, I'VE EXPERIENCED THIS IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, WE'RE
GOING TO BE ON OUR OWN, TAKE UP OUR OWN DEFENSE.
SHE WAS SPECIFICALLY REFERENCING WHAT SHE CALLED THE LAST FEW
DAYS WHICH IS THE NATO SUMMIT G7 AND THE TIME SHE SPENT WITH
DONALD TRUMP. THAT DIDN'T COME OUT OF NOWHERE.
THAT WAS A SHOT AT THE UNITED STATES.
>> IT WAS COMPLETE FAKE NEWS, AND YOU HAD DONALD TRUMP
YESTERDAY MORNING, 23 HOURS AGO, ATTACKING GERMANY SAYING THEY
WERE VERY BAD. THIS WILL CHANGE.
GERMANY IS VERY BAD FOR THE UNITED STATES.
AGAIN, THE COUNTRY THAT STOOD LITERALLY AGAINST THE WALL IN
DEFENSE OF FREEDOM IN THE WEST FROM 1949 TO 1989, FOR US.
>> GERMANY IS ONE OF THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES IN NATO THAT
DOES PAY A PRETTY BIG SHARE FOR THE MILITARY.
I HAVE TO SAY, I THINK WHAT HE'S SAYING ON NATO AND EUROPE IS
CONSISTENT WITH STEVE BANNON AND DONALD TRUMP WERE CAMPAIGNING ON
FOR A LONG TIME WHICH IS THE U.S. STANDING BY ITSELF, NOT
ENTANGLED INSTEAD OF A RULES-BASED INTERNATIONAL ORDER.
I THINK IT'S GOOD NEWS FOR PUTIN, BUT CERTAINLY CONSISTENT
WITH WHAT TRUMP CAMPAIGNED ON. WE'RE SEEING IT PLAY OUT IN
REALTIME. >> THEREIN LIES THE PROBLEM,
MICHAEL SCHMIDT. IF DONALD TRUMP WERE BEING
EQUALLY TOUGH WITH RUSSIA, THAT WOULD BE ONE THING, BUT HE
CONTINUES HIS PATTERN OVER THE PAST FOUR AND A HALF MONTHS, AND
WE REALLY SAW IT OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS, WHERE HE EMBRACES
AUTOCRATS, HE EMBRACES LEADERS THAT ASSASSINATE JOURNALISTS,
THAT MURDER POLITICAL RIVALS, THAT SHUT DOWN POPULAR DISSENT
AND SHOWS CONTEMPT TO OUR LONGSTANDING ALLIES THAT
ACTUALLY COME FROM DEMOCRATIC TRADITIONS WHICH, AT LEAST SEEMS
TO ME, EVERY DAY THAT GOES BY, IT SEEMS HE HAS MORE AND MORE
CONTEMPT FOR. >> I THINK A LOT OF THIS EARLY
ON OBVIOUSLY IS RHETORIC. WHAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IS HOW HE'S
GOING TO DEAL WITH THESE COUNTRIES AND NATO AND SUCH IN A
REAL CRISIS. WE'RE FOUR MONTHS IN.
ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPHERE, THERE'S BEEN NORTH KOREAN
MISSILE LAUNCHES AND SUCH AND PROBLEMS IN AFGHANISTAN,
OBVIOUSLY AN AWFUL BOMBING TODAY.
WE HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN HIM HAVE TO DO ANYTHING.
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN IN AFGHANISTAN THEY HAVE TO COME UP
WITH A NEW TROOP LEVEL THERE AND HE HAS TO WORK WITH NATO THERE
TO TRY TO GET THEM TO BRING MORE TROOPS ON OR IF THERE'S ISSUES
THAT CONTINUE IN IRAQ AND THEY STRUGGLE IN MOSUL.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY REAL CRISIS BESIDES ONES THAT HAVE BEEN
CAUSED BY THE INNER WORK INNINGS OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
WHAT I'M INTRIGUED T TO SEE, WH THERE'S A REAL ISSUE AND
SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ON NORTH KOREA, HOW IS HIS FOREIGN
POLICY

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