biden spoke with putin again this week, margaret. so how much could that situation impact biden s domestic priorities? i mean, they really are separate issues, but if vladimir putin were actually to decide to go for it and invade ukraine, it would force biden s hand and nato s hand and all the western allies hand to do what they ve been threatening to do which is really bring down the hammer on sanctions. that would on the one hand be a distraction from biden s domestic agenda on the other hand it could give the american president an opportunity to reassert leadership skills abroad if he responds decisively. coming out of afghanistan, again, there was this expectations setting flub where americans did not understand that this was going to be a very, very bumpy exit because the white house didn t prepare americans messagingwise.