op-ped in "the new york times," in the woodward book, that a lot of people inside the government describe it as a two-h track presidency. he's allowed to watch tv and tweet but serious questions about american foreign policy, the grown-ups have their hands on the steering wheel. >> i've always thought that theory was dubious. a unitary secretary, at the end of the day we call people secretaries. secretary pompeo, secretary matt mattis, secretaries for a reason. undermines their insignificance. presidents get their way. what the president especially gets to do is set the ideological tone of his administration. look, all of these u.n. speeches are world leaders speaking to their own people. they're not really speaking to the rest of -- >> very good point. >> merkel speaks to the germans. president speaks to americans. when he talks about america first, he is appealing to a very old, dangerous instinct that's always been with the united states which is a kind of idea that we can separate ourselves from the world, go our own way and be safe from the rest of the