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steve, i mean, you were russia operations division, does president trump seeking advice from putin and the hungarian prime minister in a private one on one conversation jeopardize national security? yeah, anderson, i mean, you ve got this veritable buffet of horribleness in front of us. it s difficult to say which is the most horrible thing. that is certainly a terrible, terrible thing when you ve got the president of the united states of america reaching out to a foreign leader and asking for that help, regardless of whether there s a quid pro quo. i mean, you look at the other stuff that s going on here, you ve got basically the decimation of anybody in this administration who understands russia and who understands ukraine getting rid of all those people, ambassador yovanovitch, even john bolton, who replaces them, as you said rudy giuliani. then you ve got the president consulting with vladimir putin and guys like two bit dictators, autocrats like viktor orban. you ve got the stat