donald trump, the positions that the republicans had taken, which were antithet cal to republican orthodoxsy when it came to foreign policy. when you have the immanls of the horrific invasion of putin s war, when you have that beamed into your living room every day, it is difficult for americans to look at that and say, why aren t we doing something? so the idea of america being leading the charge and being that shining city on a hill, it tells me that still resonates with people that they want america to lead that charge. i remember when i was on the hill republicans were really critical of barack obama and their foreign policy when he talked about leading from behind. people thought that somehow exhibited weakness. now joe biden is doing on excellent job of leading the democratic countries of the world. nato is unified against a common enemy, having resolve that we haven t seen in years. and it seems that some americans, trump supporters in