i is find it very, very hard to believe, very implausible that donald trump didn t understand the consequences of asking an fbi director to drop an active, possibly criminal investigation. yes. it s kind of a sign of how low the bar has fallen when we have to plead ignorance as the best possible scenario for the president. i agree with you, joe. this isn t ignorance. i look at the statement and the deliberation with which donald trump made sure he got alone with jim comey. both at the dinner, suggesting he might invite the family, but then not inviting the family. no one else was there at the dinner. on the 14th of february, getting rid of sessions and then jared kushner as well. this was a deliberate, concerted, knowing effort that the president made, to make sure he was alone with jim comey and could get across those two messages, one of loyty and thenleing the flynn investigation go. it doesn t seem like ignorance to me.