the president has made on twitter suggesting if there is election interference maybe it s the russians helping the democrats. and that just goes to show you not only can he not be taken at face value, but this is hovering over him russia, and the mueller probe seems to be inching closer and closer to his family and the pressure to end the investigation are only going to accelerate. and as we watch that, we watch the president s position on all things russia hardening sharpening. right. again, sort of in contrast to what we saw of those officials all of whom at different times said before that russia had interfered in the 2016 election might be doing so in 2018. they obviously felt like their message wasn t getting out. they banded together, went to the white house briefing room, gave this stunning sort of