relationship with putin but that s not how putin or russia operates. so he is going to have to have the backing of european countries to say don t do this and that and this is what we want from you. this is the big eight days for president biden and i feel like we oversell the importance of some things but with america s place in the world there s no better, no more important point. in his presidency than right now frankly. you know, a.b. eugene made the right points of what s at stake and sometimes foreign trips aren t the lead story. right? when a president is overseas. there is so much at stake here and you have all made this point in different ways but i wonder if i can push you on this sort of joe biden in the room point. i want to bring you both in on this, as well, as you both have