done the same and the president sees this as a real attempt to come after him because mueller did, as he was leaving for a trip. the president knows mueller did this before he went to helsinki and this is a distraction. >> is that why he cancelled meeting with vladmir putin. did he feel that mueller was trying force his hand? >> the president doesn't seem to back down to those things even if they will be big negative publicity for him. i'm not sure why he did that. what i do think will happen here in washington even though he's not here, his lawyers will remain on the attack against mueller. they thought that mueller may be laying a perjury trap for the president in recent weeks. they are skeptical of what the justice department is up to. this is probably only going to deteriorate that relationship. remember, mueller still wants to ask the president more questions. the president has not answered