and we would have quoted it and it would have been fine. but a president does not have that luxury because every word is parsed. everyone around the world is listening to it and taking cues from it. one thing i think is damaging for president biden in terms of this answer is one of the promises he made to americans is competence, competence and experience in his administration, including in foreign policy. and i think this is this risks raising questions, once again, about the competence of his administration, as did the afghanistan withdrawal. one of the other thing that has dogged president biden is a perception perhaps of weakness. i have spoken to democrats who are worried that he potentially appears weak. do you think that s what we saw yesterday if you re vladimir putin watching that news conference? did president biden project weakness to the russian president? well, i think that putin pretty well understood what the