 How did he shoot Putin down? Putin invaded Ukraine. He didn't listen to the president say, don't do it, or have any kind of concern about what the response of the United States would do. He didn't shoot Putin down. Then he went on to ramble about what's happening in the South Pacific. I think anybody with any political acumen is very worried about what's happening in the South Pacific because they worry that China no longer fears the United States because of what they've seen for the last four years and would invade Taiwan.