i mean -- >> russia and china, two. >> eric: the two biggest threats? >> okay, you said assad. >> eric: one quick final thought. what is the u.s. relationship with russia going forward? >> it will be a complex one. look, putin has very big ambitions. putin sees you either as a panther or a poodle. he sees you as slide slave or a master. it's possible that now that he sees, hopefully sees that trump is not going to roll over for him, he will be more willing to have realistic discussions. he wants to have a war port in syria, no question about it. can he keep it, i don't know. but his support for iran, whose rallying cry is death to america, support for assad, part of the iranian empire. he needs to change on that. i think that trump is going to be touch with him. >> eric: david, as cliff points out, putin has he turned from poodle to panther regarding donald trump. we don't know what putin is