issue. and i will be staying on top of this and following up. >> reporter: it isn't simply, fredricka, that emmanuel macron doesn't believe in the same world vision as donald trump, that is the case for many world leaders that the american president has been meeting since his inauguration. it is perhaps emmanuel macron is more loudly and more determined in a more confrontational way choosing to bring his very different vision of the world directly up against leaders like donald trump and vladimir putin. as though he wanted, perhaps, consciously to make himself the champion of that other vision of the world, the one that is based on the idea of common values, rather than individual and national interests. fredricka? >> all right. melissa bell, thank you very much, in a windy paris, thank you. let's bring in cnn politics senior reporter steven colinson and david, editor emeritus of the world policy journal also a cnn.com contributor. good to see both of you. all right. so steven, let me begin you