the attack and the flag ceremony? trump, who called in to the rally, and of course revved up the crowd. and it was a rally for you, and you accepted trump's endorsement. can he have it both ways? philip bump, what did you think of that? >> it's definitely odd, right? it is strange to have a particular flag that is associated with that day that is the one that is being the center of -- the pledge of allegiance, which is, you know, to the flag, but also more broadly, about the united states. it really exemplifies how donald trump is trying to turn the republican party not only into something he has control over, but something which is focused on his core desires and fetishizes things like january 6th and his false claims of election fraud. he really wants it to be centered on him and that event and that pledge to that flag was a way of manifesting exactly that behavior.