kristalina georgieva, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me, stephen. agree that this is a time of very great uncertainty for the world bank? it is a time of uncertainty for the world. we see the world economy slowing down. there are concerns around debt burdens, there are clouds because of trade. as for the world bank, we have never been in such strong financial position in our entire history. we just got the largest capital increase, 50% boost, and that is because our shareholders, including the united states, believe that our work in the world is needed. in the end, it comes down to politics. there was a very striking financial times editorial just the other day when it became clear that donald trump's nominee, david malpass, was going to be the next president, and we'll talk about him more in a minute. the ft wrote this. "donald trump is anti—aid, he's sceptical about climate change and wants to cut china down to size." "the world bank, up until now, at least, has been in favour of aid, sees itself as central to the fight against global warming and