in the first months of the presidency. on russia state tv, he is routinely referred to as our, meaning, russia's president, russia's guy in the white house. and if you look at the themes that are spewed forth to the russian people on state-controlled propaganda tv about the conspiracy in the intelligence communities, the conspiracy in the justice department, the russia today coverage thematically is a very, very close to the type of stuff the american people are subjected to through fox news's misinformation campaign. in fact, i wouldn't fall out of my chair given the close coordination of stories whether by coincidence or design if there was a morning meeting to coordinate what we're going to talk about on the news of the day. but for sure, with the same exact intensity that russia today undermines america's