and overtake the nation. he was very conscious of the fact needed -- it recalled those earlier examples. so it attempts to influence our election. no longer does partisan ship seem to end at the water's edge. that's a dangerous sign where foreign policy are by some people because they feel they may have enabled the election of a president. it is dangerous stuff and george washington warned that those sorts of relationships, that confusing of another nation's interest is one of the forces that destroyed republics throughout history. >> you talk about a world in