we had a great conversation. we were talking about israel and securing israel amounts of other things than it was a great conversation. i'm not keeping anything under wraps. i couldn't care less. eric: more about the controversy, daniel halpert joins us. in upcoming daniel, this has made some people very uneasy. nothing has been talked about except what the president says. is it unprecedented and what do you think? >> well, it seems than usual and is obviously worth questioning. i think your view of this like everything trump does this is you like him is like him if the doubt and if you don't like him it's another strike against him. there's two obvious ways to read this. one is perhaps he's trying to hide something in the meeting with vladimir putin and the other one is there so much criticism of us oppose aggression collusion he is altering his behavior and therefore trying to cover up or