internal discipline, discipline for how the policy is working, discipline with respect to leaks, discipline with respect to the messaging. i think all of that has been in many ways lacking and you think the reactions you re seeing, fundamental reactions to some of the things that have come in the wake of charlottesville but even before that, the lack of policy progress on the hill and certainly challenges with the president s communication and lack of coordination within the administration has been a real challenge. and i think you re seeing and feeling a lot of frustration certainly from even the closest of allies to this president. rick, one of the impacts of the president s comments this week in charlottesville is everyone up and down the government is being made to answer for it. you have the secretary of state rex tillerson. he has to come out at an event where he would look to focus about other thing and he has to
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background music so it may be a little distracting but just listen closely. in the npr interview, you said the president is somewhat embarrassed by that. actually corrected it and said okay. distracted? it s not true. it s a distraction. all right so julian, which statement do you believe? i think it s a little of both. i m sure there is a sense of embarrassment when he s meeting with leaders from overseas and he s being asked about these kinds of questions and the story of the potential corruption of an election comes up. but it is a distraction. that s empirically true. this is a story that keeps coming back. it doesn t goway. it consumes a lot of attention. even if those moments of the month when president trump has policy decisions and policy progress to talk about his supporters, he can t get away from this.