i can never get into his head about what he s thinking, but if a good thing can come out, i think that s what he wants to come out, if the french can move this internet tax they put on or move the agricultural markets. macron was giving his televised speech and he laid out his priorities for this meeting. he said one of his main goals is to convince the leaders that a global trade war is bad for all, but then he acknowledged not all world leaders share his view. is that who he means? is that who he s directing his comment to? i think he is. i think he s doing it that way because he knows when you confront president trump directly, he often gets his back up and there is no value in him in france getting into a direct conflict with the u.s. in some of the ways shannon was talking about. all these leaders have to be very nervous now, the president nervous about talk of an economic downturn that could
sort of referred to as a niche issue and he s annoyed he has to deal with climate change at all despite it being a global emergency. i think a lot of global leaders are blaming trump for the global recession we re seeing for the downturn, blaming his trade war on china and his threats against europe, and he s been speaking this week like a sort of dictator from the middle ages, saying i hereby declare that companies must go around china. this is not how a u.s. president behaves. so i think they re trying to figure out how to deal with this leader who is just completely abnormal and seems to be unraveling a little bit. you know, shannon, in recent days the president sought to calm fears about the economy, whether he was brushing off talk of a recession or pointing fingers everywhere but at himself as he tries to defend his actions on china. is this sustainable? is there any insight into how white house officials are viewing this standoff with