the whole united states. >> right and i think this goes to i guess one of the emerging themes tonight as we talk, which is the difference between washington and everywhere else and reality. yeah, if you're not versed on the jargon, why would you be debt ceiling, it sounds like somebody is going to do some renovations. it's just a question of whether republicans are going to make good on a threat to make the u.s. good on a dead beat nation, something they're only interested in doing when there are democratic presidents. we can all be cynical but i would remind viewers pre the obama era, both parties did their work on this even when different parties controlled the white house to try to get to solutions. so this is an asymmetric development. it started with the backlash to obama, and we all know how that looked and how that led to the trump era, and that's been the modern gop mo. moving beyond the seal and the renovations, josh, i want to ask you about a really core muching