follow-up meetings. i think now we can presume that the follow-up meetings were today. the president earlier tweeted that he was meeting with some generals. and we now see how profound the influence of flag officers has been for donald trump. when you have mattis and kelly, now members of the cabinet as secretaries, retired generals. now you have a three-star in h.r. mcmaster, who will serve as national security adviser. and kellogg, keith kellogg, also a three off-star, as chief of staff for that important national security council, which is really not as well known to the general public about how large that staff can be, how expert they are on different regions of the world and different threats to the united states. and it will be mcmaster's role to sift through that, to help advise the president, to be in on all the important meetings. it is really a role that is close to the president. one where there's often a very close bond of trust and friendship that builds up