Presumption that general kelly was somehow better than what weve seen in the white house already. Hes had a terrible, very bad month, but then again, most of this administration has been a series of unfortunate and absolutely avoidable mistakes. I think the greatest problem that we saw with the attack on the member of congress is, this was not a tit for tat, this was not a back and forth. This was a member of congress expressing her concerns about how the president spoke to a constituent of hers who gave his life for this country, and she was attacked for that, and john kelly lied, and trump lied, and it perpetuated their tendency to attack black women, whether its jemele hill, susan rice or ryan, and that reflects the administration. Its a terrible month, but its a reflection of a terrible administration. Im not surprised to see this behavior continue. Meanwhile, we have to get more details about what happened in niger, and we now that we have the congresswoman saying that this might
thank you, thomas. that s very kind. get that out of the way first. you deserve it. i appreciate it. but this is big news. the president is going to at least be on this call and then be in person at the senate republican luncheon on tuesday. does he have the personality power to exhibit to get something done right now? well, thomas, i m not sure in this case if the question is necessarily going to be about his well, i guess it will be about his personality insomuch as there s some nervousness on capitol hill about whether or not that personality we ve come to know so well is going to derail tax reform somewhere along the way. there s increasing momentum, i think, behind a bill in the broad strokes. there are a lot of republicans who are feeling a lot of pressure about needing to get this done and get this done as soon as possible, and there s been some forward movement on timing for republicans. mick mulvaney, for example, was talking this morning on the sunday shows about