then 4 hours later you would think they could come up with a policy and understand why this is so crazy and not in america's national interest. for some reason, they didn't get it right at the white house. i wish him well. i hope tomorrow they'll get a better statement out. >> what is the diplomat community, what is the understanding how a normal white house would be expected to respond to this kind of thing? if as you say, you're being generous here, you expect the white house might eventually find their way to getting this right and responding the right way, what is the right way for them to respond? >> see, aren't i great diplomat, rachel? actually, they should call up their counterparts at the state department. i think the statement they put out today was correct. i would add a few more adjectives. it's outrageous. you can't establish this precedent. you can't put people like me -- let's be clear, they don't just want to question me about this