text:  They asked me that question. Would you guard us against Russia at a very secret meeting of the 28 states at that time, nations at that time? And they said, no, if you don't pay, I won't do that. And you know what happened? Billions and billions of dollars came flowing in the next day and the next month. This is this was one of several areas in which I think that Donald Trump did a fairly decent job of outlining his position on these issues.