french president. have we heard, for example, from the united kingdom? europe? matthew: i have not seen their response on this, good question. typically among the european allies, britain tends to be more in lockstep with the u.s. than others. many of our european allies will understand the rationale behind this attack. they know that soleimani has been behind iran's militaryitorialmatthew: actions in yemen, lebanon, iraq, syria, and many of our european allies fought with iraq and afghanistan, and they know that soleimani killed many hundreds of americans, thousands of others. i think they will understand the rationale behind the strike. the concern is the escalation, they don't want to see this become a major conflict in the region that would be bad for oil prices, global economy. that is why you are hearing many voices today call for restraint, call for a return to calm. jon: matthew, good to get your perspective, thank you for joining us. matthew kroenig of the atlantic council. another flashpoint of the market today was the u.s. manufacturing data. moments ago, blo