you do for the former president obama. germany or the german chancellor angela merkel it was useful to him he used her as a window into the mind of the letter but the mere putin so the relationship between germany and russia was considered a positive but we don't have that dynamic anymore do you think that the germans or are they naive when they think about the threat posed by but let me well i think that the historically germany has has been less than them thoroughly robust when it comes to vladimir putin. the idea that germany will for example become more depend. and on on russia for gas by building north stream is something that perplexes those of us who are looking at it from you so you agree with the troubled ministration that the pipeline deal should be x. y.