number two, he's threatened by ukrainian democracy. so if there's that on his neighbor from a slavic nation like russia, that's a threat to his dictatorship back home. that will continue no matter what happens under negotiations. >> richard haass, why are the allies so nervous? and the president has been widely criticized for his news conference, but he was really saying out loud what's going on behind the scenes that france is going one direction, wants the eu to be more involved. germany has its own issues, they're not angela merkel. they've been supportive verbally. boris johnson, nato, secretary-general, all coming to the defense of the u.s. position, in response to what joe biden said. >> andrea, you've been covering these issues for decades, so it's not going to surprise you. first, not all the european