he went to nasa, again, to meet with congress. a lot of face time because the leaders know that their issue list is long. the face time did include, you re right, the inflation reduction act, the ideas of climate change. this relationship between france and the u.s. so strategically advantageous at a time like this. it is. this is the original ally of the united states somebody right in the middle of everything from ukraine diplomacy with russia, with china, with iran. there is so much that macron is in the middle of and having that relationship be as strong as possible and demonstrating to the world it is strong as possible is really important right now. demonstrations of diplomacy i think is the way, the uniting factor here and what it looks like for other nations to know who you can mess with and who you cannot and essentially answer the question, you and what army, right?
imagine there s an attack and the president of the united states, the only person that you can t taunt with the phrase you and what army, stands by and does nothing or stands by and stands back. i mean, all the way back, back at the white house in the dining room for more than three hours watching it all unfold on tv. no calls to the military that he commands in chief, crickets. you d probably tell me it s impossible. it would never happen. you d probably say, look, if that were a show i d stop watching. they d jump the shark. only it did happen in reality , and we heard how the president ignored desperate pleas from his own aides, his allies inside and outside of the government, even his own family. don t forget the fake electors plot in trying to weaponize the doj all in some attempt to hang
sadly, it was indeed the case. now, imagine, if you will, a foreign adversary attacked any part of our country, let alone a symbol of our democracy, and imagine there s an attack and the president of the united states, the only person that you can t taunt with the phrase you and what army, stands by and does nothing or stands by and stands back. i mean, all the way back, back at the white house in the dining room for more than three hours watching it all unfold on tv. no calls to the military that he commands in chief, crickets. you d probably tell me it s impossible. it would never happen. you d probably say, look, if that wera show i d stop watching. they d jump the shark. only it did happen in reality skpr, and we heard how the president ignored desperate pleas from his own aides, his allies inside and
steps to have clerks sign affidavits that generally would deny any kind of responsibility here. and also, they have been asking, starting to ask about cell phone data. and we re not sure yet, laura, whether that means just phone calls or it means texts. if it means images, it means everything on your cell phone. but it has concerned the law clerks enough that they have been starting to feel out potential for maybe getting lawyers. now, this is early stage and we re not sure what the court is going to do, but it certainly makes it suggest that the tensions that are already surrounding these cases are going to be exacerbated because of this investigation. well, on the one hand, they re in washington, d.c., and you know how the story goes. you throw a rock, you hit 42 lawyers. there s no shortage of lawyers to actually be in washington, d.c. i m wondering on sort of the answer of the question of you and what army. who is able to compel this?
investigation. you are in washington, d.c., you hit 42 lawyers. there is no shortage of lawyers to be in washington, d.c. i am wondering. you and what army? who s aimable to compel this. you are asking me for my phone as a supreme court justice, we have to situate for the department of justice, forcing me to hand everything over. this is a criminal investigation. i should make it very clear. the justices having called in fbi and department of justice, and this is something they re trying to sell certinternally. you hear her every team she listens to oral argument.