>> please compare and contrast the president's reaction versions h.r. mcmaster's reaction. >> the president's reaction is to himself. i think h.r. mcmaster was recognizing the threat posed in the indictment. when the indictment lays out what the russians had done here, spending $15 million, having all these people designed to tear us apart, to sow discord. they couldn't pick a better president to back than a president who every day throws us into discord. so many of these things are self-inflicted. i think the russians are proud of what they did and h.r. mcmaster is quite dismayed of that. >> i want to quote one more thing from the "new york times" op-ed piece.