are. but i speak to a lot of people. but my primary consultant is myself, and i have, you know, i have a good instinct for this stuff. >> that's back when he was a candidate in 2016. not much has changed almost three years later. just last week, the president reminded us of his great and unmatched wisdom as he threatened to totally destroy and obliterate the economy of turkey, something he claimed to have done before, but for the life of us, we can't found any evidence of that. we are in either case so happy to have back with us tonight, michael beschloss, our presidential historian around these parts. his later book is "presidents of war: the epic story from 1807 to modern times." michael, for the president to have arrived at the series of decisions that have motivated our broadcast these past couple of nights, as you and i have discussed, think of the rigor and expertise that must be cast