position on israel policy has completely flipped. he was for settlements, now is saying that he is -- wants a deal on that front. you see it with china, whether there's a one china policy or not. you see wit north korea. do you think the world right now is less safe than it was one month ago? >> well, the one thing i think the administration did that may have made the united states and the world less safe was its position dealing with refugees and the whole homeland security issue. more broadly, though, by move eight way from so many established positions, we've created real doubts in the minds of our friends and allies about whether we are dependable, whether we're reliable, whether what has been the case remains the case. so i don't think it's that we're in the short run less safe but what worries me is we're setting in motion dynamics and trends that over months or years will reduce u.s. influence and will mean that a lot of traditional friends and allies increasingly go their own way. and they may defer to powerful