and, you know, there s a couple political di naj ynamics at wor. i think there s a cynical perhaps perception on the part of republicans that the american public doesn t care that much about foreign policy, that it s essentially a far away conflict. and that makes it easier for them to speak out in the way that they would like. there s a sense they might actually influence the president on foreign policy moves because they ve done it before. remember, he threatened to pull out of syria before they walked him back. obviously, it s too late for that to happen now. so i do think they think they can influence him on foreign policy. and number three, it underscores the extent to which republicans never actually endorse donald trump s america first version of foreign policy. they are just not with him. many people inside his own administration do not support this policy. and so i think you re seeing republicans actually say what they think for a change. while we have you, i do want to ask