with any trepidation, with any fear, concern, that this will be a different u.s. commander in chief than the one who proceeded him? i think putin s idea of what justifies as fear is different than how we would justify fear. he is very comfortable in this role now as president of russia. as you said, this is his fifth u.s. president. but keep in mind, as president biden said yesterday, he s formidable, he s bright. interestingly enough, that s the same word that putin used to describe donald trump, he also has never run for re-election. he has never been in that position of being debated by somebody who is challenging him for the role of president of russia. it s not necessarily fair to say that these two are co-equals on the international stage. yes, vladimir putin is very worldly and as we can see, you should never underestimate him, but they come from two very different backgrounds in terms of how they got to the position where they are right now. and keep in mind that this is happ