particularly over taiwan. you saw this bubble up last week with the taiwanese president that the u.s. has forces on ground, a training role, but in taiwan. that's a deep issue for china and it shows the depth of u.s. concern about china's threat to taiwan. so, to miss an opportunity for xi and biden to speak, perhaps find a way forward on this is a loss. the white house trying to look at this as a positive, because biden has something of an advantage. >> i take it, kaitlan, president biden was pretty pleased with his 90-minute meeting with pope francis yesterday. it was a very emotional opportunity for the second catholic president of the united states to meet with the pontiff. and he was rather blunt in describing his meeting with president emmanuel macron of france, saying basically the u.s. screwed up in the leadup for the rift that developed? >> i think french officials were surprised by just how candid the president was during that session yesterday, especially in front of cameras while the press was still in the room and he was

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