today i believe we're expecting him to speak to the french president as well. those are calls that happen more delayed than when you saw other european leaders calls one another. the white house said there were calls at a lower level with the secretary of state calling his counterparts, the national security adviser on the phone as well. i think the question they've had is how this response has gone. i think they thought it was going to be what president biden had promised. talking about america's back and leadership back on the world stage and this competence. so i think the question that you're seeing allies wrestle with is they're dealing with anger in their countries over how the u.s.-led withdrawal has gone down. >> president biden's tone has been mostly defiant. i remember when he said at a cnn t town hall that he would always be honest with the american people, but the tape doesn't lie. >> the likelihood there's going