nothing to atone for its acts, whether meddling in the 2016 election, poisoning of the ex-russian spy in great britain earlier this year. so the president leaving a lot unsaid there. still, he maintains a positive outlook as he pivoted to a summit in singapore with north korea's leader, kim jong-un, fred. >> boris, i want to bring in michelle. michelle, the president classifying the relations with allies as a ten. seemingly very protective about what he believes to be good relations. >> yeah, he seemed extremely sensitive on this point. when our cnn producer asked him a question about these relationships, which was a very straightforward question about their being tension going in. he was in a twitter war with emanuel macron of france, remember. the president really bristled at that. he took that opportunity to attack cnn, attack the press.