he had to say, could have been somebody else and it was like watching a kid in front of a blackboard at school being forced by his teacher to say something he didn t believe or want to say. there has really never been a performance i think in american politics that is like it, and you can only imagine why. he seems to have a particular personal interest here that is separate from the white house interest, but is dovetailing with putin s interest on the investigation. it s fear. he he and putin are on the same page about the russia probe. they both have an interest in stopping it and discrediting it and that is a striking fooct ac me. we ve seen this before. the president says something inflammatory, offensive. is pushed into a corner so he makes an apology he reads from a piece of paper. and then the next day, which is today now, in this story, he resents that he s not being rewarded and thanked for his