he kind of went all out and called these relationships a ten. he kept going back to that. then he wanted to use each leader's name by their first name only, as if to show we have this great, great relationship. i mean, we know that's not the case. but when we talk about the tension, we're not talking about personal relationships. we're talking about whether these leaders see eye to eye on these biggest issues that are affecting them. right now it is trade where the lagg lagg laggerheads have been. that needs to be discussed but we're not talking about personal relationships. he seems to think that it is about the personal relationship. not that that doesn't factor in, to some extent. but we know that there's been tension. we know that the u.s.'s allies are looking at these statements that the president has been making with skepticism, at best, and horror at worst. so there's obviously a lot to