have at it. you and i have talked about this for a while, nicolle, i ve been worried about this turn he s making. i think the scariest thing is that the very attributes we discussed to make him this kind of un-democratic person at home, applied to the world stage, that s all right eviscerating our alliances and our credibility around the world. but there was a bizarre line yesterday in the state of the union where he warned congress not to investigate him, which first of all, if you re doing that, you re losing. in eight years, we never had to do that. he said we can t have war aren investigations. the lincoln between warren investigations is an odd thing, as if there s a correlation there. the thing that worries me is iran and venezuela. on venezuela he made a big play, to some extent well coordinated but he put all of the chips on somebody the venezuelan military is not backing as president while threatening military options. on iran he s wrachetting up the