nicole just made this point, richard, about the list of people that trump took on in the legal judicial law enforcement establishment. it seems to me he is at war with all the establishment. these institutions that have quasi-independent status. they are political appointments, but they operate independently. last time donald trump went to war with a washington establishment, it was the intelligence establishment. it defendant s exhibit woid not for him. as you look at where we are right now, as these battle lines are being drawn, where do you see this going? it s not clear to me. i think it has an internal limit. why do we assume it does? at the end of the day donald trump, like any president, is going to think about self-preservation. i think because he comes outside the political culture i don t think his initial instinct, i don t think what his default position is the preservation of the system. i think it s the preservation of