it is part of a mindset that says, we're always right and they're always wrong and we're going to be dominating militarily and economically. we're in a multi-polar world right now and we need to behave as an exlem pary remember of the community and that is by upholding ourselves and leading the way on international law, human rights and diplomacy. that approach is really paying off on the korean peninsula right now, i think we should be using it more broadly. >> that's an interesting nod to the success of the administration and it's echoed by many others. we'll see where it goes. hopefully there is peace on the korean peninsula. that may be something that russia is not that interested in and that goes to why there's such tensions between the countries. let me ask you one last thing, why did you go to the r.t. anniversary and put yourself in that position? you had to know that it would have negative implications for you politically a optically? >> remember, this was 2015 and