>> i don't know if you folks are aware of what's happening. we want to have strong borders in the united states. democrats don't want us to have strong borders only for one reason, because i want it. that's what you're fighting for. when you think about it, you're fighting for borders in other countries. and they koent want to fight the democrats for the border of our country. doesn't make a lot of sense. >> critics, katherine, said he should have kept politics out of his speech there to the troops. at the same time, was anybody surprised that this is where he went? >> it's hard to believe anyone was surprised. because one of the things we've seen two years in with president trump is that politics is injected into basically every moment. there aren't a lot of times where he puts on an official presidential hat and does something in a big, neutral way. that's just not his style. >> right. >> if something is on his mind he's going to keep talking about it, as he did.