his advice to chinese president xi has been to go and talk to the protesters, but he has not said anything big or meaningful himself about those protesters want and whether he supports it. so you write to your earlier point, trump positioned himself in similarly benign fashion against saudi arabia after the killing of columnist jamal khashoggi and detention of women s rights activists and against russia for continued detention of ukrainian ships and sailors. i guess the question is why are we seeing his america first tendencies, sympathy for strong men, something else, what do you see here? both of those for sure, and i think the third reason is his own reluctance to really do the things that other presidents have done reflexively as the leader of the free world. that facilities with the america first, his america first view