the death grip. the bull grip. that s how i greet you in the mornings. yeah, so i m used to it it. my hand is still hurting. but anyway, president trump does has built some, you know, alliances that didn t really seem like had he the potential do. that he was so standoffish and confrontational coming in with some of our key allies. and so it s important. it s important for domestic audience as well as geopolitically. i think to the question about whether macron has gained anything vis a vis syria with trump, he has gained something. he got to be on an even standing with donald trump as the u.s. and france launched these air strikes. that makes him look good domestically. he s got a lot of challenges domestically, so does trump in the is about show and they can both win something coming out of this. but approval the united states and france has plummeted in the last 15 months. it s down 50% from where it was at the end of the 2016. so macron s got to deliver because the french p