majority leader unless he shows me he is behind donald trump and the america first agenda as he put it. donald trump still wields that power. we'll see how it plays out. meanwhile, president biden is ordering 3,000 troops into eastern europe to reinforce nato allies there. the pentagon says the troops are not going to fight in ukraine but are part of america's commitment to nato as russia continues the buildup near the ukrainian border. let's bring in yamiche who will be joining us soon. it is great to see you. talk about this deployment of 3,000 troops. some are already europe already, being moved around and deployed to different countries. what was the idea there? do they have the sense the approach they're taking, criticized by some, may be