joe. first -- excuse me. on the maloney point, she's the only member of the g7 that has a higher approval rating than joe biden, but she's still at 41%, but when you look across the eu as you said, you said leader after leader, country after country where you're look at approval ratings for their leaders, 24%, 28%, in the 30s. richie sunak who you didn't mention but i'm sure you were thinking about, has a snap election coming in july, and by all accounts, he is going to get wiped out, and it could be one of the largest majorities for labor in a long time, and i think it does relate to a considerable extent to the whole growth picture. we've grown over 9% in total, our economy, since the pandemic started. canada's at 5-something, and everybody else is at 1%, 2%, 3%, and the elections last weekend shouldn't have been a total surprise in the sense that europe is really, really struggling economically, including and indeed especially germany which has, of course, been the powerhouse of europe for so many decades, but between the impact of the ukraine war and the fact that germany is a major exporter of china and now all of that is now under a lot of pressure, it's a really, really difficult time for germany. europe as a whole, as i think a mix of the effect of the war, which is something, but not the only thing, but frankly simply having economies that have just not performed well over a long period of time. they don't have the flexibility of our economy. they don't have the productivity. look what's going on in a.i. for example at the moment. we dominate a.i. there's one company in france, and a couple in the uk that are kind of in the mix on a.i., but everybody else in europe is just not present, and that is potentially a huge driver of future growth. there's simply a set of economies that have not delivered for their citizens, and therefore, the citizens are taking to the ballot box in a way that is very, very scary to all the rest of us. >>> coming up, jonathan lemire just mentioned the hunter biden conviction. how much that case really matters in the presidential election. alexi mccammond joins us when "morning joeummer break, but parents? well... care.com makes it easy to find background checked childcare that fits your summer schedule. from long term to short notice. give yourself a break this summer. go to care.com now. >>> let's go to capitol hill now where former president trump will be in washington today where he is set to meet with republican lawmakers from both sides of the hill. a senior trump campaign official tells nbc news the meetings will be focused on policy, zooming in on social security, taxes, border security, and a, quote, america first foreign policy. while trump's visit is being presented as a positive development by some in senate leadership, senator susan collins, lisa murkowski, and mitt romney will not be attending the meeting. all three claimed they have conflicting plans. meanwhile, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell will attend, giving him his first face-to-face with trump since 2020. take a listen to what the minority leader said yesterday when asked if he would