secondly, he is heavily influenced by more establishment thinking. based on advisers he brought in by economic advisers and national security foreign policy advis advisers. there is a quality to the president of genuinely being surprised of the presidency and how difficult the problems. >> he said as much. >> he is being transparent about that. we are seeing what i think people always thought was true with the president. he's a flexible, perhaps unprincipaled because he wants a pragmatic approach to his presidency. it is one thing to tack back and forth and be all over the map which is something that can be dangerous and unpredictable where you can't get things done because people don't believe you. >> the good news is the president seems to have his eye on reality now on the different