united. >> well, i think likely behind closed doors they are. i mean, it was very obvious that the chancellor did not make a public declaration like the president did, if russia invades they would not activate the nord stream 2 pipeline, he did not mention the word, and stayed away from it even though two german journalists were probing him, it's a political division in his country he's not doing that. the background here so the audience understands, angela merkel, the chancellor before him and the longest serving in the history, and scholz has followed her, they both are the same mindset in principle they believe that having strong economic ties with russia would help them reduce the instability situation and improve the security situation. i think that is literally blowing up in their faces, much