Some of their similarities, such as their curious ways of justifying their knowledge of Russia, are superficial. Trump, asked by NBC's Chuck Todd where he gets his military advice, said: "Well, I watch the shows. You know, when you watch your show and all of the other shows." This had more than an echo of Palin's reply to Katie Couric in 2008 about which newspapers or magazines she reads: "Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me all these years."