of conversation with his son and close friends such as waldo rivera. as someone who has given advice to president trump, is it odd the stance he takes on policy? >> nothing that we see is consistent with anything that i know from the white house i served in, and i would suggest that if you talk to anybody who served in any other white house, they've never seen anything quite like this. there's been a merger of mar-a-lago as part of the official tableau of the government where he walks around and talks to people about stuff like this, and has high-level discussions in the dining room as patrons watch. it's a strange, strange thing. i will say this. if the patrons of mar-a-lago have persuaded the president of