jr. we learned shortly after that that the president himself had played a guiding role in crafting those explanations, those misleading explanations about the meeting with the russian lawyer in trump tower. in this case we also knew that there was at the very least confusion about this. the morning after michael flynn left the white house we had kellyanne conway come out and say he had resigned voluntarily. it was only that afternoon, a day later after michael flynn had left the white house, that michael -- that sean spicer rather said the things you played in the video, that it was actually something that the president requested. i think what we're learning as we learn more about these episodes is that it's not just about chaos in the white house. it's not about the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing, or about these press aides not necessarily talking to the president in advance of their explanations. it's actually about the president taking a keen interest in explaining these things,