a little bit of hard love, i told you that. a little, it was a lot of pain for a couple of days. and sometimes you have to go through some pain before can you get a good solution. but the kurds are very happy about it. president erdogan in turkey is satisfied with it. and we are in a very strong position. >> kevin and francesca are back with me. let's pick up on where the president left off right there. is anyone in the president's inner circle supportive of this syria policy decision? >> well republicans certainly supportive of the foreign policy decision as mitch mcconnell coming out to blast the decision, pretty rare within the republican party. they're usually fairly in lock-step with trump. even if they don't necessarily privately agree with everything he does, so that was pretty significant. but you've also heard almost every other major republican in congress and in the senate come