him as well. will this alliance hold up? i have my worries and doubts. bret: kimberly it does seem like emmanuel macron assert himself as speaker of european leaders with putin. well, somebody had to. and, you know, it is actually good to see europe stepping up. it was good to see schultz giving that press conference today. because germany has been incredibly quiet. and it isn t just the things that mara talked about in terms of not supplying weapons. don t forget all of europe and united states were pressuring germany not to sign this nord stream 2 deal and they did so anyway. we have had leaks about not nod being willing to pull the plug on that. about not supporting u.s. sanctions that are proposed to cut russia off from the swift monetary system. so, i like the fact that he said that he was willing to stay in look step with the rest of europe. let s hope that no krohn really