p. j. crowley who's a former us assistant secretary of state for public affairs and the obama administration. joining us from alexandria and virginia. thanks for your time. so the white house national security advisor, mike walls reiterating the us is put points. uh, president trump points that we've been hearing repeatedly urging ukraine to assign a minerals deal as well. that's being pushed by trump. what does this, this signal to you about the possible scenarios going forward? well, there's one scenario, which is you have a comprehensive negotiation. you know, and, and hopefully that negotiation results should a, in what the administration describes, a goal, a durable, permanent agreement that all parties you know, can't agree to. but the trump administration is all over the map in terms of what the process is and, and in that process, you know, who are and when will sit down at the table. um, you know, with the russians that still unclear. so wait, and when you're here, president trump, verbally attacking president zelinski and you see this sort of refreshment as it's being described by