certainly the ongoing presence at his side of his new chief of staff john kelly seemed to be having some impact on the rhetoric at least. this at a time when there's so much going on. you've had vladimir putin hosting a summit, president xi hosting a summit, president xi of china in particular being very embarrassed by what the north koreans have done and also having a very tough, quote, frank conversation with the president himself as to what more clean is willing to do. some are indicating from the chinese diplomatic corps that they are willing to take a step up toward more sanctions at the united nations, but still no agreement on an oil embargo, which is what the u.s. has been pushing among the five permanent members of the security council. on the subject of the dispute between the soud i didn't see, the uae and kuwait and others in the region against qatar, this was also more toned down with the president saying that he's willing to be a mediator in this dispute.