substantive about this for a long time. where was he 18 months ago? he was nowhere. so now this is his christmas present to donald trump. mister trump says president obama, you wanted to do good for the russians, you want to make a nice for the russians, you try because people in your own party like lindsey graham, john mccain. gregg: president obama gave an interview to the atlantic, claims he suffered, quote, concentrated vilification by will fox news, rush limbaugh, the whole conservative media ecosystem which prompted karl rove, fox news contributor to respond president obama is whiny, self-justifying and bursting with excuses. which is right? >> don't know that either is right. i will go with a journalist who looked at a lot of this.