we re also seeing him adjust to international developments as they evolve and learning on the job so to speak. we ve seen that a few times, him saying who knew there was this complexity with china and core kr korea. donald trump has signaled to the media in general and to north korea specifically that he s willing to use a military operation there. it doesn t take a huge amount of passing to understand that s what he s seeking. that s a really terrorizing and paralyzing problem. you ve got seoul sitting there, less than the distance from baltimore to washington and north korea can do extraordinary damage there. people are saying this is a signal. but when you go a few steps after that sentence, it gets muddier. let me weihave you weigh in that. tensions are high as we watch north korea as they potentially threaten a sixth nuclear test. what are i mean, jonathan