saved as the kind of last ratchet up in terms of warnings, in terms of using, you know, threats, in terms of deterrence. you have lower level officials make statements. you know, these are cautious, careful. then you have mid-level officials. then you have high level officials. and the president rarely makes the kind of threats, any kind of threats. these are very, very -- that kind of credibility is viewed as very precious. what you have in donald trump is something absolutely extraordinary. you have the president of the united states essentially threatening a preemptive or a preventive nuclear wear in asia, not in response to a north korean strike, but in response to north korea's rhetoric, the fact that they are disrespecting the united states. i mean, it is staggering. the only parallel i can think of is the one that president trump in a sense is invoking which is harry truman who said, you will