talked about the uighurs, mass incarceration there, but dl deliberately not stating xi jinping or others by name. you speak to diplomats. there is less daylight between biden's foreign policy issues than trumps on some issues, for instance, the brewing dispute with france. one of the issues was not letting an ally know what you were about to do, similar to the criticism we heard about the u.s.' swift departure from afghanistan. i wonder from your position there, how does europe hear these comments today and do they believe biden's commitment to alliances? >> you know, i think when we think of europe, we're used to thinking of the united kingdom included with europe. of course geographically it is. but i think what we're beginning to see is a uk separating out