ukraine in 2017? why not in 2018, 2019, 2020? i have to admit several of us laughed out loud because the answer was self-evident. you had a president, president trump, who was strong, that russia did not want to mess with. and we have a lot in place that had shut that pipeline down. if we are going to incur aggression, the only way to do so is with strength, not weakness, and unfortunately that biden white house doesn't understand that. ct senator, before we move on here, we want to get some live pictures of protests happening. quickly -- okay, first in new york city. these are protests happening in new york city. pro-ukrainian protesters demonstrating here in new york city. okay, taking these live pictures. south central park over by the