you served as a trump adviser who has since opposed the president after the mueller report. are you hearing anything behind the scenes, and if so, what are you hearing? >> well, the friends i have over at treasury department, the financial regulators, white house all tell me the same thing about him they've said from the beginning, they see his flaws. they're not blind. they're hoping to do good policy. we haven't talked about this most recent scandal, but what i get from them is either, you know, i kind of secretly agree with you or at least i admire what you're doing and understand it. the only nasty calls i get are from random people out in the middle of the world, but those are easy to ignore, don. >> mm-hmm. peter, in your "new york times" op-ed, you called the republicans' failure to condemn the president's attempt to leverage ukraine for information on a political opponent, you this. you say, "republicans could support trump's agenda while simultaneously condemning his corrupt behavior." have you seen anyone pull that off? >> no, not many.