but i think it s an interesting question. i heard what you just described that the russians are paying very close attention to our domestic politics and they view this president as embattled and in some ways the things that come out of their mouth sound so sim lar to the white house messaging. i wonder if you can sort of lay over the things he said to you today in terms of being so similar to the kind of things the president has said about this relationship. they re like star crossed lofrs. yeah. i mean, you know, just for example, sticking to the line that they re not going to talk about what happened in that two hour meeting. the suggestion that when president trump came around to talk to president putin at the official dinner, that it was simply the fact that he was coming around to see the fist lady and just happened to have a conversation with the russia president. i mean, all of that kind of fits very closely. and, you know, they don t have to be communicating with each other