but the difference is in the 1920s america was not a nuclear power. the president doesn't have to worry about what is happening on the korean peninsula. we are in a situation where there is unprecedented power resting with the president of the united states and from day to day we have no idea if anyone in the white house is either -- >> that was the point of senior state department official. coming off the european trip it is clear to her that everyone else is playing chess. the american president is playing checkers. you have been around enough to know that sooner or later the presidency is going to raise its ugly head, something bad is going to happen somewhere. >> or we are going to have all of these rumored shake ups actually happening. the white house communications