All right, Alexander, let's talk about the situation in Iran.

And a good place to start is with the Trump-Putin phone call.

Now you've gone through many Putin transcripts, phone call, conversations and transcripts and

readouts over the many years.

What is your take on this latest readout from Uschakoff. And not a very long statement from

Uschakoff, but he does give us some interesting information if you understand how to read

through these transcripts. And I don't think there's anyone better to understand what's being

said in these transcripts than you are. So Trump calls Putin

and Russia, Ushikov, they made it a point to stress that fact. And they say they talked about

Iran and Ukraine and various other issues.

But basically Iran and Ukraine, my sense is that this was more about Iran than Ukraine.

Anyway, your thoughts.

Well, thank you for what you said about my analytical abilities about British schools,

but I've gone through them many, many times.

Hundreds of, probably thousands, by now. And of course but I've gone through them many, many times, hundreds of, hundreds of, probably thousands,

and of course, I've also always gone through the various calls that Putin and Trump have had,

both in his first, Trump's first term, and over the course of this term as well. And I'm going to say

a few quick things about this,

but let me first say what I think is the single most important thing.

Trump called Putin in order to get Putin's help to bring the war to an end.

Trump is now looking for an off-ramp. That is my overall

uptake on this call. Now, the Russians have given us this briefing from Usherkov, who is

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