states has. france is america s oldest alice and the two countries have gone through a lot over all of these sen trishs and there s no doubt about that. there was a serious problem. they are now trying to fix it. they got a lot of work to do, and i think substantively in this private meet, kaitlan, and you agree. they are going to have serious heart-to-heart discussions and france still wants a good explanation why france was kept in the dark on this sensitive deal that the u.s. making nuclear powered submarines available to australia and then in the process killing for all practical purposes tens of billions of dollars in a french diesel-powered submarine deal that was already in the works with australia. yeah. kate, it s so notable to hear how candid the president was there, given how his aides have handled this and i was saying earlier talking about the diplomatic speak that they sometimes use saying greater consultation could have happened. the president there said this was handl