gave us, with low expectations, but proof that we're making mo progress, moving in the right directions, that's what americans were looking for when they voted for him, i believe. americans have had a hard time -- really caring about foreign affairs anywhere unless we have american troops involved and a deeper american committee. .howie: we do have new forms of warfare, like cyber hacking. people asked him did you neten t threat -- threaten him, would you retaliate. it could be framed as diplomacy or timidity depending on the point of view of journalists or pundits. >> with all the chest thumping the democratic party has done in recent years about russia and the threat of russia, the rhetoric wasn't as sharp as i was expecting. my critique going in was they