on this moment right here, more than 70 years ago as nato was formed, now 70 years later you have the sense as you watch this today that we may be witnessing some history here. this may, in fact, be the end of the nato alliance. well, it could be. one hopes that one benefit here is europeans are accustomed to convulsions in politics. they re used to moving borders. they re used to regimes rising and falling. they re mostly parliamentary systems. a president who seems so far out of step with the basic stability from truman, really, from fdr forward through president obama, i suspect they have a bit more perspective on this than perhaps we do. ambassador hill may disagree with that, but they re accustomed to governments rising and falling. but there is, in international relations as in the lives of people, your word matters.
criticize me for my tie or something. i didn t think it was going to be the reading of the question. you don t rode questions, do you? i didn t have a lot to read off my note pad. why do you think, john meacham? rookie. from fdr forward, i think. . i ll try better next time. sorry. now he said it s a good question. it s important. the staff wrote it, but, i mean, sam, i m joking, come on. let move on. there has been one piece of common wisdom that i think deserves looking at, which is that we have never had minorities controlling the government before, that the majority has always been in control. that was implicit in president s argument yesterday. it s not introduce. southern democrats control the congress for a great chunk of