national issue. the nra is always going to be there. they re always going to be there fighting these issues, issues in their minds about liberty, protection on of fundamental rights and resisting overreach from the government all manifested in the gun. this president shouldn t name policy. that is not his definition of leadership. it is about rallying the base, appealing to his tribe. and attacking oprah, which is never a smart thing to do, by the way. at a rally to an adoring crowd. talk about executing drug dealers, which is well outside the norm of anything we expect from an american president. this is a grand scheme president not a governing president. that is an important point. and i want to underline that because the promise of president trump is that he could do deals, right? he was a dealmaker. the ultimate dealmaker. the outsider who comes in and makes washington work because he