Project economic power in asia right now, that part is critical. but putin is a pariah to biden and they have to work this out, whether that s a boycott or somehow i ve been at the meetings before, the mandela inauguration, fidel castro comes out, just go the other way. do you pull that off? it is very delicate diplomacy. biden will not be in the room with putin unless things change dramatically. there is the white house correspondents association dinner, it hasn t happened because of covid and it is happening. trevor knoah will be the comedi relief there. i want to ask you, president biden will give a speech here. a comedy routine. it is not easy. it is important for presidents to pull this off. what do you think the goal is for him in this particularly strange moment? it is a strange moment in the sense that he s a war time president, even though the united states is not directly involved boots on the ground it is a serious moment, sober moment, inflation is kicking