china if they are allyiigning t take on north korea? the big concern in washington, if we get the chinese out of the business of helping the noorth korean, the russians will backfill with the oil and rest of to help keep north korea going. and i think woone thing trump tried do to do was try to separ beijing from moscow. that is a difficult task because the chinese and russians have been cooperating on a number of security issues that undermine the united states. and so to get the russians and certainly putin to help is i think critical task but nonetheless one which we probably will not be successful. all right. pleasure to talk requewith you. disappointment is quhat former staffer calls the trump white house. the reason why he decided to quit his job next. and then i ll speak with max baucus and senator mitch mcconnell s backup plan if the