we have talked about it -- is that he -- there is a struggle within the trump administration over the extent to which the bannon-trump ideas should prevail. so this is not just a story of the short comings of donald trump the leader, this is also a story about the strength of the system that is actually preventing some of the crack pot i tes fr ideas from being realized. what we learned about him as a leader, he has a short attention span. he wants wins. he is willing to change on a dime if he doesn't get what he wants the first time, he will switch his policy entirely. finally, once again, he is unwilling to admit error. none of those things are surprising given the campaign, but what is surprising is that he hasn't changed in 100 days in office. >> the question is, mark preston, given everything timothy just said, there is the tendency in this administration to brush that criticism and the reality off as an alternative reality when it certainly shows