russian influence campaign on brexit, watching what s happ happening to macron; i wonder if you want to revise that. is putin sitting there going boy, this is working like a charm? yes. so i think it s important to separate out that he didn t get the deliverables as we would call it immediately. he didn t get sanctions lifted. he didn t get recognition of crimea. those things. but the chaos that president trump has caused to theers with earn democratic world not only within our own country but within the alliance, within the eu, that is that is exactly what vladimir putin wants. the withdrawal of the american leadership, that creates a vacuum for vladimir putin so the long term payoff has been extraordinary for him even if the short term payoffs have not come through. how difficult will this be to repair? let s say there s a new