donald trump as a citizen back in 2013 or there around in some of those tweets in which he was saying don't attack syria, he was also indicating that president obama -- that politics might be involved in this to overcome the involvement, that he was thinking of military action. you have democrats and others raising questions about trump's motives in this and are politics playing a role in this? >> yeah. i take him at his word that he was alarmed by what he saw and reacted to it. both things could be true. it could be politically strengthening for him in the short run to do what he did. he could also have felt it. i think the interesting thing is that, you know, we are told well, it was on instinct that he did this. that's the way donald trump operates.