His heart for vladimir putin. did you ever figure out why? no, i don t. we were focused owe pentagon, doing what we needed to do to bolster our allies. i spent a lot of time talking to allies to defend their country, defend their alliance and sovereign space. it had to be concerning to you and general milley and our allies this was a guy who didn t seem instinctively to support nato like, god, the way we had throughout my entire life at least and stand up against autocrats. obviously it caused you concern, if not professionally than personally, right? i spoke up about my support from nato even before i was confirmed. when i went to brussels in june of 2018. sieved in nato in the early 90s. i believe it s the greatest alliance in history and we should bolster it.