them. but it is a risky thing, alex. if this storm turns out to be really bad, if it's a killer storm, you don't want to be out there doing distracting things focusing on other issues, when you could have been focusing on visiting fema, making sure texas was prepared for the storm and that leads to accusations that you potentially dropped the ball if the government response isn't top notch now. >> quickly, shawn, you're welcome to address that as well, whether this seems out of the norm overall or not, and then i want to ask you about sebastian gorka. >> i agree, i think this is a strategy in general that politicians, white houses in both parties, democratic and republican presidents have used, but this is a lot to process at a time when there really is a serious storm happening. and it's a real test for the president because he needs to show and demonstrate to the american people, i think, what kind of president is he going to be in non-political settings? what kind of president is he