are appalled, they're nervous, but they're counting on the democrats to nominate somebody like elizabeth warren who will be a foil for the president and basically say no matter how awful i am, look what the democrats are going to do. so you're going to be seeing a lot more of that, as well as that message that they're not coming after me, they're coming after you. that's at the heart of the trump playbook. >> the fact he's held three in a week, what does that tell you about where his mind is right now? >> i think he's a lot more comfortable being out there with the adoring crowd than in the white house where he's under siege, where you have this tsunami of opposition coming. it's been a terrible week for him. you can argue yesterday was one of the worst weeks of his presidency. you're starting to see admirable writing op-ed pieces in "the new york times," republicans being more willing to speak out against him. you're seeing house republicans