by the foreign policy establishment that he derided as a candidate, and you always have the sense that they were there to mind the president. and he now is throwing that off and saying, i don't want that. i don't need people to tell me what to do. i don't want people to tell me what to do. and he's bringing in people who reflect his point of view and who will not challenge him. and that is concerning in a president who doesn't read, who gets a lot of his information from "fox & friends," and who operates off of instinct. you know, we saw it with korea. we saw it with the tariffs. i'm just going to do these things. well, if there's no one there to stop him, that can have some pretty catastrophic consequences. >> david gergen, though, if, you know, doing things the way he wants to do them got him this far, why shouldn't he continue doing that if he feels he's sort of learned the ropes at the white house at this point? >> well, they've gotten them this far but they've got him down to 35% approval ratings. you know, he's got one big