rigor of government and governing. first of all, you had that cabinet meeting this week. you look around the table. how many titles begin with the word acting around that table, starting right there with the attorney general in the center of the picture. eric lip ton of the new york times said this on social media today. as of thursday, d.o.d. will be run by a former senior bowling executive. epa is run by a former coal lobbyist. hhs is run by a former pharmaceutical lobbyist. and interior will be run by a former oil industry lobbyist. welcome to 2019. and, bill, that s part of the optics, part of the problem. yeah. i mean, people like when rick and i would say to our republican friends, this is not going to end well. they say don t worry so much, gary cohn is in the white house stopping the trade war. h.r. mcmaster, security, jim mattis defense secretary.