it that it wasn't pressure. what else is he going to say when he's totally dependent on the united states and nato al allies for the continuation of his efforts to push russia out of his country. clearly, they knew what was going on. these are not naive people. these are extremely smart people. they know they're going to have to mind their ps and qs. they will have to say the right thing at the right time. they can't further anger the president who clearly in the days ahead, has the power to withhold money once again. they will be careful. they are smart. they also want to deal with corruption in the meeting with the minister of defense, we had a long conversation about their efforts to root out corruption in the mid tear and they actuli to have an inspector general team go to ukraine and teach them how to establish an inspector general. we can see what good that brings to america when we have such a