and b, if there are places to help, you perhaps can get some leverage for something in the future, and i'm not saying they can't on this one in particular. but being able to identify those areas where perhaps president biden or another leader can come and say, i think i've got an idea here. maybe we can work through this. maybe i can help. maybe the u.s. is play a role in this. can possibly create some opportunity. >> and there were no additional tensions in the french/british relationship created when the united states led the way that barged france out of the sub deal with australia, britain became a partner with with the united states and australia. so all these tensions are interlinked, yet there you have earlier this evening president biden in the same room with boris johnson and emmanuel macron wanting to work together on iran. every leader wants to walk out with positive headlines that resonates at home. boris johnson, it's going to be fish. emmanuel macron, that is on a good track with the united states, and he still has the upper hand -- >> hopefully. >> you know where the conversation is on the australia sub deal started?