adway was forever being cut off your sainting him. yes, my say that like was forever being cut off in the middle of a television speech. um, and it wasn't that he was inept or amateurs. it's because he made a mistake. of believing that people who were serious about democracy? would want to listen for 30 minutes or 40 minutes to a candidate for president telling them honestly substantively what what he would do. and and that's a long time ago. i mean television from its infancy. but give me has distorted. and redefined american democracy and on balance, i would say not for the better. and what we're living through now. is inevitable donald trump didn't create this situation. he simply exploited it. and and rather skillfully, i must say. but the fact is the oldest now becoming the oldest cliche in town the reality show. that is this presidency. um extends to public appearances where he plays a role. it's the equivalent of i suppose, you know, the old friday night wrestling. well, you know, it was fake, you know, it was phony you know, w