president trump just doesn t really align with my values. he called my friends s.o.b.s. you would feel like, all right, i understand why you don t want to go? why, because the president. i m joined now by mike lupica and shermicah singleton who worked on three republican presidential campaigns and is a writer. shermicah, what do you think? i think if you truly want to test a man s character and the measure of a man, give him power, right? and as we have seen throughout the presidency of donald trump lemati problatic parts w he is, if you will. and it s really complex. i think when you think about the robert mueller investigation, you think about what s going on with paul manafort, there is, indeed, a darkloud that continues to linger over this you know, i m going to go ahead and redirect you to the topic at hand. yes, so my point, ari, is this. i think the president is simply using this as a distraction. hmm.