the poles so you can hear what they re saying because they don t mic them. they use the boom microphone. our jim acosta asked the white house about the letters of congratulations the president says that they received. the white house cited tweets and television coverage. not exactly letters of praise. the president got what he wanted, don t you think? did he get what he wanted to change the subject from the michael wolff book? three points, don. one, the first black president was big news. the first reality show president was big news. the 2020 election will be big news. the media will be just fine. there s always news. the other point about yesterday s meeting, a couple of things you know, it probably sounded like a good idea for the president and his staff to let the press sit in on that whole meeting. he wants to be portrayed as the ceo presiding over the congressmen who are underlings, you know, talking about how to reach a deal daca, the wall, the