leaders on behalf of our country. this is the state of mind of the leader of the free world when he deals with adversary nations that have done things like the greatest cyberattack on our country in history when putin and his regime attacked and hacked our democracy. >> so a lot of people try to analyze and continue to try to analyze the president, his objective here, the method of his communication, and that includes longtime journalist and cnn political analyst carl bernstein, who had this to say about overall trump's presidency thus far. >> i think something much greater is happening, and that is that we are in the midst of a malignant presidency. and that malignancy is known to the military leaders of the country, it's known to the republican leadership in congress who recognize it, and it's known to the intelligence community. >> all right. so nan, pretty strong characterization there. malignant presidency. your thoughts on that. >> fredricka, the president just