the world is concerned, is america really back? joining me now is a man who can help us answer that. the french ambassador to the u.s. thank you for joining us. i have to say, welcome back. i know you were recalled to paris. you are now back in d.c. i want to start broadly. you have been an ambassador to the united states since the end of 2019. basically, you have been here under two very different administrations. can you compare for us the differences that you have experiences between these two presidents so far? >> well, first, thank you for having me tonight. there would be a lot of differences between those two administrations. the reason why we have -- in particular, the fact that we were surprised and shocked not to have any consultation on an