In fact I was going to ask you about that because I was talking to Senator Sheldon White House.

And he was suggesting that very thing.

So were Republicans.

Lindsay Graham would go a step farther and I think so would White House I talked to him about this

designated Russia as a state sponsor of terror.

Due to them what we do to Iran and North Korea and Cuba without real justification there, you know, in terms of the real standard for that.

But Putin is obviously a killer.

There's no question about that. And there's bipartisan support for it.

Certainly in the Senate I believe in the House as well and there's talk about it.

I would tell you from what I can tell that the Secretary of State would support it.

There is also support Brussels is against it because they hold a lot of the Russian debt.

Japan is apparently against it, so with the Swiss.

So do it individually individually it should be a

subject for the g7 what's wrong with that ambassador so I want to separate out

the Russia's a state sponsor of terrorism from taking the assets.

Because I've written about both. I've talked to our administration about both.

I think getting the money is easier than a state sponsor of terrorism, even though I personally support both of those.

I run a sanctions group and we wrote a paper in October of 2022 about how to transfer these assets,

right, a year and a half ago ago and I'm having met with many

people in Brussels in Europe you're exactly right on your analysis that they are

less enthusiastic but that's exactly why members of Congress should do it

because if they compelled the administration to do this in a joint package that would make it easier for those who support the idea in Europe

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