the potential of a new world order and where the u.s. fits into this. we talked a lot about the so-called mad men theory of foreign policy. you re so unpredictable and provocative, that you make enemies think you are capable of anything at a given moment of time. the president is increasingly employing the strategy not just with north korea, which he talked about fire and fury and total destruction, but he is also using it with allies. he is driving a wedge now through the eu with this pipeline talk. yup. this is an issue that is contentious there, as we just talked about. this is a chancellor in angela merkel who is not very popular right now. who has her own problems. pitting allies against one another in nato in order to get some concessions is apparently the strategy here. it comes with all the downsides, the potential downsides of the mad men strategy. annie, very quickly to you. let s bring it back home here. talk through not just how this