Does, because frankly, biden and putin do not get along. and potential solutions. putin s biggest problem is security and talks about ukraine coming into nato. and macron can say it s not going to happen in the near term. all 30 members of nato have to vote to be admitted, and it s not going to happen on my watch. he s always wanted, he meaning macron, has wanted this to be a european issue to solve. that would help us, because if the europeans can solve this issue, allows us to move and pivot to what i think is the emergent threat for the united states of america, and that s china. we keep getting distracted by russia. i ve made, and it s a tongue and cheek comment but look at russia like belgium with nukes. dangerous and ominous, the biggest threat is the east in china. sandra: and earlier statement about macron looking for solutions here, off ramp, if you
Leaders in europe. emanuel meaning macron, renault, the french automaker. of course, the european leaders want the united states to remain the part of an agreement where they are signatories. again, using that phrase we often hear from the president x we ll see what happens, leaving things open endsed. this is a more nuanced approach than what you heard on the campaign trail where the president is saying that it s still possible to rip up the deal. but this is an interim series of steps to try to compel iran to do things differently. to try to put in place some other kinds of nonnuclear constraints on iran, dealing with financial support through terrorism, different sorts of things. would not in and of themselves erode the deal but would, from the trump administration s point of view be a tougher deal. european leaders were not looking for this. of course, israel, a close partner who has really been against the iran deal, fearful of the iran deal, they have been