third headline, national security council purge mcmaster deeply hostile to israel and trump. do you think it will work? do you think he will survive in the west wing long term is. i think it will work in the sense that if it comes down to trump having to make a choice between bannon and mcmaster, i think he ll go with bannon because bannon knows how to flatter him better. mcmaster has tried to flatter trump but he a he not good at it. it doesn t sound sincere when he does it. i think mcmaster s days are probably numbered in months at the white house. if that is the case, josh, what s that mean for americans watching and thinking, look, these are two men that greatly shape u.s. policy, that greatly influence the president, for example on are we going to send more troops into afghanistan. this is critically important. it s not clear to me that trump is listening to bannon. mcmaster has been far more hawkish toward north korea. i think mcmaster has succeeded with help from the new