and, yet, you know, one of the interesting things about this is that we have seen a lot of very early and very stiff resistance from members in the president's own party. particularly on some of these cuts to the state department. >> jon: well, and for instance the e.p.a., a cut of 30%, that is actually bigger than his own e.p.a. administrator wanted. >> right. and, you know, this is -- this is a president who has been critical of the e.p.a. he has promised to roll back regulations. so it's not necessarily surprising. i think that he will not get everything that he wants, including possibly those large -- a cut that large to that organization. but, also, that agency. also, you know, there is contradictions in his budget a president who said that he wants to eliminate all disease and, yet, is he cutting the national institutes of health by or proposing to cut some 20%. there are some things that would potentially hurt some of his supporters. there is a provision in there that would cut subsidies for airports in rural areas.