trump doing things outside of the norm, not the cookie cutter type response or activities. but those things yielded results. russia did not invade anywhere under donald trump, and nato is stronger, and countries have paid more into that organization. look, you understand that people around the world knew that they could count on the united states to be the piggybank for the world, in essence, and howard: no, i think it was [inaudible conversations] nato wasn t going to go away. look, i ve got a minute left, let me ask you this. you started out by saying everyone knows now vladimir putin is evil. and yet the former president initially called him a genius for the way he maneuvered in ukraine. he has criticized the invasion but hasn t really criticized vladimir putin personally. why not? he s called this thing a holocaust, he said it s a travesty. donald trump understands who putin is. he had to work with him every single day howard: he also said he was a