will i speak now to retired us army, lieutenant colonel on international security consultant. earl ross mason, you're most welcome sir. donald trump saying there, he's fine with ukraine, not joining nato. it was something though. western leaders dian gold in front of kit for, for a long time. not hard you for see such a statement influencing the piece process. well, i think that's a good statement of the stuff forward, and it's a recognition of reality. i think the last administration uh, less space of this whole thing that started back underneath obama with the, the, the crew that occurred in 2014 the demonstrations. 2013. um and so this is a and kinda double down again when uh uh, when biting came in the office. uh, this is, this has been going on for quite a while and i think really trump is uh, you know, he wasn't too pro on this uh, one of the 1st term. and i think reality is set in and we've had mass of losses. europe, the us military equipment, the cost, the economy, some suffered in the west as well. and we destroyed is but basically a and a generation or 2 in ukraine. and so this has