Going to answer the question. Im trying to make a point of i know you are. The Energy Behind this hearing are what they are. Its not about you and not about mattis and not what were doing on the ground. Senator, you know, you went through a long litany of statements but let me give you first of all, i will tell you, i talked to the same allies you do. I speak to their Foreign Ministers directly. It is the case that they are behaving directly today. Theres no doubt about that. They are now scrambling to make sure that they are fully part of nato. Some of that is a result of the statements that you referred to, senator. Some of that is identifying i actually agree with that. I agree with that. Well, there you go ill let the record reflect ill say some of the actions. Some of the statements achieve important policy outcomes for the United States of america. Some of them do. Yep. And some of them are very damaging. Senator merkley. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Secretary. So in response to sen