well, he managed to get some dinners out of it with susan pang, and that was kind of like the one me treated president she to on the french riviera in 2019 except that his former teacher and wife. but he sheet, wasn't there this time, but global schoolyard monitor ursula bonder line european commission president was there instead of looming over this entire visit. now the western press likened the dynamic too good cop bad cop with michael being the charming good cop and vander line. being the schooled, some french commentators there wondering why france needed a chaperone at all. and why michael, couldn't just be diplomatic and play both roles. good caught and by cough like pretty much every other world leader and diplomat does. now president she's invite did give michael an opportunity to play statesman and scorsone p. r points at a time when he's not really scoring very much at home with the big news beaming around the world from france being images of authorities flashing with pension reform protesters violently, in some cases and deploying tear gas as trash and buildings burned i

well, he managed to get some dinners out of it with susan pang, and that was ca, president she to on the friend her b. r points at a time when he's around the country. but the photography that came out of this visit wasn't all good for macros. p r or vander lines. there was, for example, a shot of the 3 leaders sitting at a table that was so massive that it looked like michael and vander, line weren't even in the same postal code as the chinese leader or with each other . for that matter, like he had found a way for them to meet with him in china while not leaving their respective european countries. pretty glaring contrast from she's visit recently with russian president vladimir putin. so mac hall demanded during this visit that china tell russia what to do in ukraine, which went about as well as one might expect. it was ship, it was going to show, may know it can count on you to bring russia to its census. and every one to the negotiating table, strong to ensure she is full talk should be resumed as soon as possible. the international community should work for a political settleme