country. i mean, it's just one poll. it's just one snapshot in time. but i can also show you other polls that show that republican -- rank and file republicans approval of vladimir putin rose exponentially after donald trump became president of the united states. and in some of those polls, republicans have better opinions of vladimir putin than hillary clinton or barack obama. >> well, joe, what we're seeing here is actually an outgrowth of a long-term trend in american politics. and what's fascinating with the gop here is that they are borrowing putin's conspiracy theory but also his tactics. there's a book out of russia about life under putin's russia, it's called if anything is possible and nothing is true. and that is life in russia, where everything is conspiracy