russia sanctions and twice in the last week to reendorse n.a.t.o. and today to say there is no way we are turning over a former u.s. ambassador to russia over to the russians. people that are keeping score at home and worried about our institutions i think when it comes down to it especially on russia and other matters of national security here is some evidence that people are standing up. susan rice weighed in on this. barack obama weighed in on this and michael mcfall has said this is someone who has harassed me over and over again. i expect my country to stand up for me. and i think that is another important flag. one of the things you do see is republicans essentially at least the voters falling in line with this president. the recent poll shows almost 70% of republicans approve of donald trump s handling of russia and of putin during this past week.