several weeks since the u.s. has been work iing. we should guess he is picking up the phone and calling vladimir putin and here s a bigger macro. they have been purposefully participating the united states as an unreliable ally and partner. this is the broader narrative that the united states changes its tune on a whim. that is not entirely untrue. you look at the agreements we backed out of and the allies we are abandoning and this plays to vladimir putin s larger designs of participating the united states as non-credible unreliable. lavrov from russia said they were aggregating responsibilities in the fight against isis. this helps diminish the u.s. credibility that will impact our ability to promote influence around the world going forward.