The sense that defense secretary mattis is a known quantity. there's no reason to think he's going anywhere. there's no reason to think that this issue need come up over and over again, and it may be a harbinger of the way donald trump is going to deal with his views and government policy, where he can maintain his own opinions, put them forth to show his followers this is what he believes, but use government mechanisms like a defense secretary who is a general to reassure others. so i think that was reassuring. on nato, i think andrea was exactly right. what happened here as a trade. prime mi...