with. we have seen president macron not shying away in any way. confrontational was an interesting word that melissa used there. he has used his english in speeches, just around the time that he was elected and then again with that messaging and then there is that kind of white knuckle handshake. so what you the positioning that macron is taking here? >> it's a risky position. we've seen the leaders that got most out of donald trump, chinese president xi jinping, the japanese prime minister shinzo abe have treated him with almost exaggerated respect, shown him a great -- >> deference. >> deference as a world leader, we saw the saudis when the president was abroad a couple weeks ago, treated him, they gave him the red carpet, they gave him all the pomp that a president could expect. and they've done rather well out of that. the chinese, for example, made it so that they weren't branded a currency manipulator. a promise donald trump made during the campaign. >> was it this climate change issue that turned the tables?