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Consumed by their own domestic turmoil and macron is stepping up. he's the one strongest voice out there to counter president trump in that sense. and he has decided to do that. you're right, the bromance is over. this is no longer than effort on macron's part to flatter and warm up to the president. he has tried to work with him on a number of occasions. just a couple months ago at the g-7 we watched macron try to bring trump and iran together to try to get past the impasse we've had over the nuclear program and other issues. i think you see a little bit of frustration on his part that he has...

I think one thing that's interesting is what trump is doing here in nato, he's trying to transform it. he wants nato to be a counterterrorism operation and not just focused on russia. macron's response is and but, and russia. >> and the president is more in the but category there, really focusing on counterterrorism. >> i would say probably an extended q&a session with the reporters in the room. peter, when you look at the way that macron -- listen, he is somebody who it appears wants to be standing up to president trump or at least to hans's point, be perceived as standing up to president tru...

For the prime minister here, as well as for president macron earlier. we've not heard you talk about it on this trip and it doesn't appear to be on your agenda. >> i think about it all the time. obviously climate change is very important to me and i've done very many environmental statements over my life and i believe very strongly and very crystal clear clean water and clean air. that's a big part of climate change. i also see what's happening with our oceans where certain countries are dumping unlimited loads of things in it. they tend to float toward the united states. i see that happening ...

Nato, the 70th anniversary, extremely important. the american strength in ensuring that people are stepping up in terms of their military investments is certainly something we've recognized in canada. we're increasing our defense investments by 70% over these ten years because we know that making sure that everyone is there to step up and deliver is really important. we have an intense forward battle group in latvia and we're leading the command mission . this is just a great opportunity for me to sit down with the president and talk about the many issues in which we align and work together. [...

Because the president this hour was set to meet with justin trudeau. hans, i don't mean to put you on the spot. is the president running late? do you think we're still going to see that this hour as expected, or no? >> reporter: i would suspect not in large part because we didn't have a 45-minute q&a built into the schedule. so i would suspect we're running a little bit behind. and we don't know whether or not the president and macron were going to go back to talking. but i can book some of your flights later if you have any other scheduled questions. >> appreciate it. peter baker and ambassad...