that the last straw? or we've seen the president in the past. he deals with these things slowly. to your point, doesn't like to fire people in his own circle. reluctant to do and that also doesn't like being told what to do. is this going to help steve bannon? >> i in it does. we don't know and could fire steve bannon in an hour and -- but i think more likely is the situation that he gets his back up, he says to himself, i don't want to be told by a bunch of liberals or a bunch of establishment republicans who i can and can't have around me. >> including he just dismissed summarily. >> exactly. the great eer possibility, solidifies bannon's position and doesn't resolve the ideological fight we already talked about, and in theory, president trump has to get re-elected. got to figure how to build a coalition that brings back, that holds on to that base and then expands it beyond the 38, 36, whatever it is, to 50, and how