doing that. maybe they want us to increase the pace of the negotiations because they re feeling the sting right now. molly: yeah. and you know something that has been just widely a big focus in the news, of course, russian meddling in our american elections. and just if you could bring us up to speed on where you think that stands right now. well, it hasn t stopped. it s been ongoing for years. just because the president called out china doesn t mean that the administration believes russia has stopped interfering in our elections through a variety of means by using our social networking and media sites and conducting massive espionage operations. but this was about china. and remember in august the president signed the national defense authorization act which calls out china as a hostile power which we must counter across all battle spaces. and i think that s what this tweet sorry, e think that s what the president s statement at theup was all about. molly: yeah, it does seem like