you know, paris accord and using president trump's campaign slogan. so steven, this is more than confrontational. this is in your face. >> right. it was cheeky, certainly. i think what we have to also realize they're not just talking to the americans and trump, macron is talking to his own people too. he's using this as a way to establish himself as a global leader. we saw that in the way he talked about russian election interference in a press conference this week standing side by side with president vladimir putin. he's sending a message he's not to be trifled with. all these european leaders have to deal with the fact that president trump is deeply unpopular in their own conference so that gives them a political choice. you saw after the nato summit angela merkel leader of germany came out and criticized donald trump because she's running for a fourth term in september. people who are against her, her political opponents, are