theresa may, not too long ago. in the hours before they both were going to sit down at checkers, he gave this interview where me criticized her policies and leadership. president trump is in paris and seems to be setting himself up for a fight with the french president. we ll have to see how the meeting goes today. thank you. david aneman with us, author of a shattered peace: versailles 1919 and the peace we enjoy today. we want to talk about the back and forth between macron and president trump. i want to read what the president s reacting to, this interview with europe one radio. this report about the french press, president macron said we have to protect ourselves with respect to china, russia, and even the united states of america. when i see president trump announcing that he s quiting a major disarmament treaty formed after the 1980s missile crisis that hit europe, who is the main
awaiting the arrival of u.s. first lady, melania trump, for there s a spouses event that will be happening today. this is what we re seeing here. live pictures we ll have for you throughout the morning of the events here. i think the first lady looks like mrs. trump s vehicle pulled up. go ahead, go ahead, david. you wanted to say something? there s an interesting back story. melania trump is from the former yugoslavia, from one of the former soviet republics. some time ago when the three leaders of the baltic states, estonia, latvia, and lithuania met in paris, they told amazing stories about their interaction with trump. president trump said before the press conference in washington, he said, you know, he said, i blame you for the wars in yugoslavia. what he was referring to was the balkans, having no understanding that these three leaders were
french one of the six languages that first lady melania trump speaks fluently. so one of their conversations play be in french. right. david, quickly, before you go, talk to us about the relationship between the two first ladies and how they might be able to affect publicly whatever happens between the u.s. and france. what s not clear, again, from my perspective, is how close how much involvement melania trump has in the global politics of her husband. it s quite clear that mrs. macron is very closely tied to what her husband does and says, a great representative of her husband. she travels with him quite a lot. she s very attuned to the diplomatic niceties and the political niceties of france. she s a very a mature woman, of course, much older than her husband. it would be nice if the two of them could get along. i m not so sure that this will