Think it goes back to your earlier question that whether putin was material in the 2016 elections, donald trump seems to think that putin was material in the elections, and he s looking he s stretching out his hand asking for help. i m going to be on your side, vladimir putin. i want you to help me in 2024. and i think that he thinks that he can get some help. he s an opportunist looking for aid from a like-minded individual, and that s one of the reasons it seems that he s not willing to be critical. i think that has to in a lot of ways explain why the the self-preservation instinct depressed, why the efforts to make the right decision, high thinks those will be less important in the long run than having the aid of vladimir putin potentially going into 2024. colonel, donald trump says that putin didn t do this while i was there. people on this show have said