presidents often take chances. certainly richard nixon did with china w-an opening to china. first step towards opening of that country. obviously, that upset a lot of concerns when he did it. nixon also upset a lot of conservatives when he -- same with gerald ford when they pushed detent with the soviets as well. there was a lead up to that, there was a strategy with that. what we have right now -- literally three days since the world has seen the evidence that vladimir putin again in the words of the man donald trump selected to run and oversee our intel agencies, that vladimir putin tried to actively undermine american democracy on a daily basis. what in world can the united states of america hope to get from a summit three days after