meddle going into the next round of elections. >> jill, let me ask this question a bit backwards. it's your reporting that he started out buoyant on the flight home from helsinki. that because he didn't come up in the game and is not aware of global norms or the u.s. president's duty to stress american exceptionalism, especially in that forum? >> i think that the president in some cases we just need to take him at his word and listen to the way that he is framing this. the president left nato saying that he had achieved this grand victory. everyone had snapped into gear because he had made these threats against magically they're now paying money and nato is stronger he proclaims as he goes to the next stop. the president has said again and again he believes better, stronger ties with russia are important, that together they'll create a safer world. this is the way he talks about it, and the way he has described it and the way people around him say is that he really felt like things had gone well, that he