weeks for president trump. it's fascinating compared to your peach whiiece which lays o things went off the rails quickly. a lot seemed to be about donald trump's management style. >> i think that's right. the interesting thing is that there was a transition process that was operating. according to outsiders, pretty effectively until the week of the election. the curiosity is that donald trump i think for --'s put it, bad karma reasons did not want to engage at all with the transition team prior to the election. he thought it was -- he thought it would jinx him. so he didn't have any involvement. members of his family and senior staff certainly did. >> jeffrey, do you -- i know -- i'm sure you read dan's piece t. seems like the white house is set up in many ways like the transition was and in many ways like the trump organization itself was. it worked certainly during the