we went through a lot of things that we weren't prepared for. this pandemic is continuing and it is getting worse. the economy is being more unpredictable than many out hope for. even the threat from russia and china, that is not something that many people thought was necessarily in the cards for the year 2021. but the thing that certainly is out of history is a couple of things. number one, you go back in american history and the constitution of 1787, this is a country which has been remarkably unified. we have all sorts of differences but that moments of crisis, for instance, after pearl harbor franklin roosevelt would say let's fight hitler and the jump in these. most americans did. in 1962, when there were missiles in cuba, jon kennedy said, let's stand up to the russians. tell them to get them out. most americans supported him. and it happened. that would not happen today.