has god is my witness was a biden name, not the former vice president, not his son, ever mentioned. >> reporter: the president and his defenders sound unhinged at times over the weekend with mr. trump tweeting nancy pelosi was guilty of treasure and utah senator mitt romney is a pompous. they stood by mr. trump by saying he doesn't trust parts of the intelligence community. >> you believe the fbi and the cia -- >> i don't trust any of these guys in the obama administration. >> reporter: president offered up a new distraction from the impeachment drama announcing he will allow turkey to sweep into syria. mr. trump learned that i and my great unmatched wisdom consider to be off limits, i will totally destroy and obliterate the economy of turkey. mitch mcconnell took issue