between the personal and the institutional. so he has -- there is this weird sort of quality about how he runs this government. you saw mattis there as the only person who really didn't join in that and made clear this is about something broader, this is about country, we are in shared sacrifice. this meeting is a distillation of the problems you see this president inflict upon himself repeatedly. >> look, i want to thank the president for the opportunity to discuss a very important issue with you, chris cillizza, which is this notion that balance means you must be nice, and you can criticize. but there must be a leavening of both. margaret sullivan took this on well in the "washington post" but that's not the right question. the question is not whether or not you're being nice to the president, it's whether you're point guard fair covering the things that matter. there is this -- this is perfect what just happened at the meeting. this is what the white house is