the united states. and when you look at this investigation, one, russia colluded -- not colluded, russia meddled in the election, and then there were some contacts between either associates or members of the trump campaign with kremlin-backed russians, whether there was -- excuse me -- whether there was some sort of nefarious intent, whether there was some sort of obstruction of justice that percolated out of this, that is what mueller is trying to investigate. i guess i don't understand why you're equating birtherism, which, by the way, was really spearheaded by president trump, with this russia investigation that is spearheaded right now by robert mueller. >> let's talk about the contacts with russians. you don't get to pick the people with whom you're going to interact. >> you get to decide who comes into trump tower. >> let me finish.