there was much chatter about how conservative media would have responded if a democratic president had skipped a war commemoration because of a little rain. joining us from the associated press, white house reporter darlene superville. she covered the president s trip in paris. and here on the set joining gramps barnacle is nick christophe, new york times columnist and foreign affairs globe-trotting stud. i ask you, just for your overall take on the weekend, what we saw unfold and in particular, so fascinating to me just as a student of humanity and politics, macron, once one of a few people he had chemistry with going after him in such a direct way with this nationalism speech. president macron more than anybody had pioneered the approach of being very nice and gentle to president trump. on the theory that is what is going to win you policy concessions. and it was striking and after that, many other people, including president moon from south korea adopted that approach. and today