perceives that this might be bad. can i ask you this? because i heard what you could call the ignorance defense a lot early on in the administration when i was transitioning. he s been president for almost three years now. i totally agree with you and that s why you re supposed to have good staff to tell you that s not a good idea. how is mick mulvaney received currently on capitol hill based on the conversations you ve had with your sources? i think in some ways he s well regarded. he is a house conservative so he is trusted by them. he has things that they are executing on. there are some folks in the senate, more of the senate republican appropriations committee types who don t necessarily trust him because they view him as trying to sort of undercut a lot of bipartisan spending bills and deals. so he s got support in that, you know, he is the mouthpiece of the president of the united states, he is the chief of staff. when he does things, though, like what he did on sunday