border is a national security threat. irrespective of what happens with the shutdown. we need to use defense appropriations to keep building the wall. pete: doctor, you said it right personnel is policy. chief of staff role, the attorney general, the secretary of defense. do you feel like this president is looking at people who just not have the qualifications for the job but are they truly faithful to implementing the agenda as opposed to save america for what the president wants to do. >> goes even lower down than chief of staff and cabinet level. one of the reasons i resigned in 2017 from the white house is at that point with people like h.r. mac master and others, they were very significant personnel inside the building who simply were not on the trump train they may have had certain career reputations but they weren't there for the reasons we were there