so one hopes that at the end of the day that the group is making decisions and that the president isn't going to improvise or continue to improvise. but, you know, that's an open question. >> and there had been speculation that general kelly was going to monitor the twitter. i can't believe that that's going on given the productivity the president has had on twitter since then. let me get your take on something else, ax, while we have you. the president goes after mitch mcconnell, makes it public, makes it obvious. brianna pointed out earlier that he's retweeting articles on his feed that are negative about mcconnell. and i think we've heard a surprising number of republicans say, well, maybe mcconnell should go. if he doesn't get it done, the president's right, he's got high ground here, repeal and replace was the signature move. they got the numbers on the basis of it in large part and they didn't deliver. does the president win on this one? >> well, i think it plays very well with his base. the republican leadership in washington is detested by the