parties and of the media. he says he's having this event on friday, jim, because he will not allow himself to be defined improperly like that. another headline from scaramucci is that he didn't think he'd be a long-timer. he had spoken to the president about being a short-timer because the president asked him to do a very specific thing, called himself a special purpose vehicle, which is something that usually exists in finance and anthony used it to mean that he was there to be disruptive, to get into the culture of leaking, find out who was behind it and get rid of them. he says he did that and believed he would always be a short-timer, just not this short. jim? >> yeah, chris, i'm not sure he was a short timer. >> yes, he -- >> one at a time, one at a time. jim, what do you have? >> i know better than to interrupt april ryan. she can take the floor as often as she wants, as long as she wants. i was going to say in terms of anthony scaramucci, i'm not sure about a short-timer. he might be a no-timer.