or attack it, they may say, we will be attacked by the united states and you push over that tipping point. this is very dangerous. when you are working intelligence you work with two things, capabilities and intentions. we have a fairly good handle on the capabilities, but the intentions are really the problem here. hopefully somebody has a better handle on this than i think we do. >> i want to give you a chance to talk about the button issue once quickly. >> well, john, it's the opposite of what i learned when i was trained as a diplomat and what i taught other ambassadors in training later in my career, never make the situation worse. international relations are always a mess and what trump is doing with his impulsive and bizarre tweet, that tweet caused me to question his stability and fitness for office. he's making the situation worse. first do no harm, and then can you try and come up with a