the debt itself by these same fiscally conservative republicans. so this is consistent. they have acquiesced, capitulated some key fundamental principles around the economy. around the issues like trade. around free markets. to the whims and we'lls of a president who doesn't deal with the particular issues and the question going into the g7 was what -- and typically in the past, joe, as you know, has been what's the strategic interests that the president is going to put out on the world stage that supports where america wants to go economically, militarily, et cetera. as this conversation has already indicated we have already been all over the map. and so folks at home, rational people are trying to figure out what to do with this and how do you digest it. republicans are basically saying that's my boy. and that's where we are.