giving the media fodder now by taking this on because then you can write and say the president says he's a genius and he stable and his this illustrious career and then it goes for several new cycles. >> you raise an important point. just like you to rip off the show based on his current one and his ability to turn around and take and dominate the new cycle. this is reported all weekend and will go into next week and now anything president donald trump you think genius and so his ability to link. howard: not everyone will agree. >> yes, and no but the discussion is whether or not he's a genius. it's not whether or not all these other things that were swelling around last week so he has been able to change it. he applied a nickname to himself essentially. howard: on the subject smoking mode, the president watching television so earlier today white house official steve muller was on cnn talking to incur jake tapper and he turned on his former colleague steve