about, that's all they need. they need a foil. donald trump made hillary a foil in 2016. he's now making the whistle-blower a foil. what i thought today was especially disheartening and pretty lame was don trump jr.'s explanation for why he tweeted out the name or alleged name. he said i don't understand why the media is so outraged by me tweeting this. no one was outraged when they sent a letter filled with white powder to my house. had nothing to do with it. it just felt like the lamest possible justification for that. >> it's the same tactic over and over and over again, which is that everyone is on the take. everyone has a motive. and you can't believe anything anyone says except for me. from the fake news media to vindman to 12 angry democrats and bob mueller, and now to the whistle-blower. same over and over again. avoid the facts. avoid the actual facts at hand. it's all about motive. they're all bad guys. listen to me. trust only me. that's his main political tactic for all purposes. >> and he -- and he did it