i mean, i'm actually fascinated just to reread a letter you wrote, a public letter to viktor 0rban, primetimately, it is up to you and those who live in free societies to stop authoritarianism." well, look at the trends in the world today, not least what's happening in hungary, but you could take many other countries too. authoritarianism isn't in retreat. you say it's polluting the world's politics. you may be swimming against the tide. well, obviously, i'm not a very good swimmer, but i'm probably a good screamer, that i can definitely speak out loud against these waves of authoritarianism, especially leading by the chinese communist party and also russia. they've been working so closely, they've been having all these statements of unlimited collaboration, and we just need more awareness. we need more assertiveness in our ways of dealing with them. more awareness, more assertiveness is one way of putting it. the question is whether you truly believe that whatever assertiveness you bring to the table, you can ever win the struggle you are engaged in. you said not long ago, "it may take m

donald trump, if he is re—elected, he will try to rule like viktor 0rban in hungry or putin in russiatator. it hasn't happened before. —— in hungary. the system has responded to it in some ways. donald trump lost in 2020. but in other ways the system has failed. it is rather absurd that we are talking about these things. in a functioning system, republicans would have joined the democrats, as they did with nixon, to disqualify trump. the fact they did not puts us in a very dangerous position in the united states. hypothetically, could they do something to change the rule, the laws, to stop a convicted criminal running the country if mr trump was criminal running the country if mrtrump was to criminal running the country if mr trump was to be found guilty? mr trump was to be found uuil ? mr trump was to be found tuil ? ., , , guilty? 0h, absolutely. it could be _ guilty? 0h, absolutely. it could be done, _ guilty? 0h, absolutely. it could be done, this - guilty? 0h, absolutely. it. could be done, this system allows for it. the reason why it can't be done is because republicans, for the