it's successful. it puts other countries off their game. so i think we have to bear in mind, what we may see as disruptive and unsuccessful, he probably sees differently. i just want to know, like hagar, i think for the president to stand with the people of iran in this period when they're out in the streets, i think that's good. i think you would want an american president to do that. trump could go too far in how he expresses it, but i think the fact that he's in solidarity with them, he says the world is watching, that's what he should say. >> david ignatius and hagar, it's a conversation we'll probably return to at some point this year. president trump, meanwhile, has a busy to-do list for the new year, but will 2018 be the year democrats take control of congress. that is ahead. you're watching "hardball." dad! dad!!! can you drive me to jessica's house?