it, yet he's fixated on it. that ends up driving the news cycle, then it becomes this vicious cycle. i'm not sure that actually works for him. >> i'm not sure it works for him, either. i think this is how the president operates. i can't get inside his head. i'm not sure if he does this -- why he does this, but it seems that the president is always more comfortable going on offense against perceived slights, and against people he perceives are out to get him. we could conclude that he feels always being on offense is better, baud left alone, things like the russia investigation will cause him political problems. i'm more conventional in my thinking and i'll defend that all day long. if you're president trump, you've got this tax reform bill to promote, infrastructure ideas, health care ideas, you talk about that, because you're going to hold your base in any