tower moscow. according to the washington post, one russian-born developer suggested trump visit russia, saying it would prompt vladimir putin to say good things about the u.s. presidential candidate, leaving many with uncertainty as we head into crucial midterm season. joining me now, reed stannish. reed, in your article you highlight the warning from the intelligence community report. and i want to share a quote. moscow will apply lessons learned from its putin-ordered campaign aimed at the u.s. presidential election to future influence efforts worldwide, including against u.s. allies and their election processes. we know we ve got elections college in november. why aren t we ready, the president could have won the election and still could have said, russia tried to interfere, let s take action. but he didn t. president trump has done nothing