i didn t say we couldn t discuss it. i m saying it didn t come up on today s call. that s crazy. the president had made similar congratulatory calls to other world leaders including to our closest allies. did the president make a similar call to angela merkel who has just assumed her fourth mandate in berlin? i know he spoke with the chancell chancellor, i believe it was last week. i d have to look back at the specific details of their conversation but i know they spoke within the last week. you ve stood at that very podium over the years. that is painful. if you go back to sarah sanders first sound byte when she was twisting herself in knots suggesting that russian election was maybe fair, president obama made a phone call to president putin in march of 2012. he also congratulated president
to the white house photographer and see if there are any photos from the greet so that you all can get some insight into how that went. so we ll follow up with you on that. last one, number of foreign governments from top allies of the united states turkey and the united kingdom, canada, have all said their leaders have president-elect trump over the last 24, 48 hours, beyond sort of congratulatory calls, is there concern among you guys as you try to pursue your that allies could be getting mixed messages on the u.s. foreign policy i m not aware of any concern about that. it is not uncommon for countries that have important relationships with the united states for them to call and offer congratulations to the president-elect. some of those conversations are