he talked about they gave me $40 million for hotels. david rohde, thank you. let s bring in phil wegmann. good morning. you elected this man and you wanted him to stand up to other world leaders. what do you see with the president who is strictly transactional on the gruesome murder of a journalist? we know right now the journalist was probably tortured before he died. we know this is a violation of international norms. we should stand up against it. a moment ago, christine made the remarks that was we are tougher on allies with dairy sales than human rights abuses. i don t think this will change the way people vote if the midterms.