things. in some ways we shouldn't be very surprised. this is a president who doesn't -- we know doesn't read briefing books, we know doesn't really have the longest attention span, so even if he was briefed on this, before the meeting with canada, he said in those remarks, he didn't know, so he just made it up. now, canada is an ally, canada is someone we have very good relationships with, and a normal basis. but if you're the rest of the world looking at this, you don't know if you're dealing with an honest broker. and that is a problem. particularly let's talk about north korea. country the united states does not have good relations with and the president is supposed to meet. one would hope he prepares a little bit more for that one, but it certainly is disconcerting to hear this and the president bragging about it too at a fund-raiser. >> the united states does not have troops in south korea. i suppose he can say that. that would be similar to saying that the united states has a trade deficit with canada. scott jennings, look, you know, there is the international implication of this, and then