and self-determination of democratic values. what i'd like to know is are these things no longer as important to the united states under president trump, is he comfortable with authoritarian regimes consolidating power and moving away from democracy as long as they can help us accomplish larger goals such as north korea and any other subject? >> what you'll hear is when the president talks about sovereignty, talking about sovereign nations protecting the rights of their citizens. you've heard in just a preview and you will hear much more in speeches and statements the president makes a broad, about the importance of the hearing to rule of law, promoting freedom, individual rights. this is extremely important to the president. we ought to look at the president's record. in syria you have a regime that is a big human rights offender,