calendar year. but we see the investigation is going forward in full force and is not losing any steam. we also see through the president's tweets that that's getting under his skin. now, this is the first time, i believe, that he's called out mueller by name. and remember, that's against the advice of his lawyers, who have said, don't attack the special counsel personally. remember, they're trying to negotiate how and when trump sits down for an interview, and if, with mueller, who's trying to get that face-to-face meeting while the lawyers are exploring things like written questions or alternate kinds of interviews. this is a precarious moment and you can see his frustration coming out. >> for sure. alexi, do you think the president is just trying to undermine mueller, the investigation there, or can we say, with the interpretation here, that he's actually laying groundwork to fire the special counsel? >> well, as we saw in the tweet, he's now, for the first time, calling out mueller by name. and i think that's reflective of john dowd, his lawyer's statement yesterday, which was pretty defiant, calling on mueller to end the