trump. they don t tamper out in the open. the other layer is that the president has the power to pardon these people. the mob bosses can t pardon the witnesses they tamper with. he has that context is important. he s sending a signal to these people, hold the line, stay the course and there may be something at the end of the rainbow. donald trump isn t hiding at all what his motivation is, it s to protect himself and himself alone. that s what he cares about. that s why he s willing to go and signaled to any extreme that it takes from text himself. you make an interesting point about out in the open, about how donald trump is doing this in the public sphere. i think that so much of this, we know the story already. you look at the blockbuster story last week about the trump tower, russia. buzz feed reported that in detail a couple of months ago. so many of these stories because there have been so many instances of blatant corruption