sure. he would have liked to have had more to show for it. here in rome, faith demonstrated through his meeting with the pope, perhaps that fulfilled a little bit of the spiritual deficit that he might have needed and there's been friction in some of the meetings he's had already with president macron of france and other meetings. and does that lack of a deal back in the united states effect the meetings he'll have going forward? so for the white house, what they have argued is that the world stage understands that what's happening in washington can be read by other world leaders. politicians know politics. they understand that there is a long lead here. it has been many months of negotiation and the arc of this appears to be in the going in the president's favor. that can be part of the negotiations. it would have strengthened the