this program, republicans have let him to do just that. >> yes. >> this big, loud, elbows out, new york whatever he is, republican, democrat, came to town and blew away an entire political party. they just became supine. now maybe washington, meaning decent people who want to serve their country, people who work in the military, people who work in dcongress, maybe those peopl are going reassert themselves and take power back from that big guy. but so far it's tough for me to make that prediction. >> to your point, joe -- >> but -- >> the fact that this happened, trump calls zelensky a day after mueller testified tells you everything you need to know about to your point about the hubris of this president and the fact he hasn't had any guardrails. >> as far as the checks and balances go, robert, the same president who has attacked the