>> presidents are at war basically -- >> he does feel -- everything that was there before the election is starting to rear its ugly head again. >> absolutely, but the problem is mcconnell doesn't really care about that. mcconnell is pretty safe right now. and he has a lot of cloud on capitol hill. what presidents learn is you can attack congress, but they can really cause problems for you. congress doesn't care about national polls. congress cares about what's going on in their states and their district, and they can tie up a president where they can investigate a president. >> this president really, really wants tax reform. he wants tax cuts. and he wants tax reform. you heard him say tax reform and cuts. he wants infrastructure. maybe there's overlap with what democrats want on infrastructure. you know, where does it go from here if you've got the president and mitch mcconnell who are at odds like this, republicans who are fighting like crazy over what tax reform should look like. i mean, where do we go from here? >> look, it's a common thread. overseas and back on capitol hill. there's a need for diplomacy in this administration. it can't just be a war of words.