tariffs, including the european union. it s a good question. what we ve seen on every issue is two things are sort of both true. one is that the president is often quite impressionable or can be persuaded by the last person he talked to or someone he s seen frequently or someone he s chatted with at night. on a few core issues, like trade and immigration, the president s gut has never wavered for decades. no matter how much he s maneu r maneuvered or staved off from making a decision, he often aligns to where his gut is. jonathan, one of the things that s impressive that jeh johnson said on morning joe, when you have this turmoil at the contact level, you can t get things done. it takes so long to get