that mission isn't over. and we're going to complete that mission. >> molly ball joins the discussion. that was brett mcgurk. that was within three minutes of each other. the president of the united states saying i want to get out. his adviser saying we need to stay in. the president has agreed, we're told in this private meeting, to stay for now. there's this tension between his sort of america-first, noninterventionist instincts and what the generals are telling him. if you leave too soon, we'll pay a price. >> that's right. i think this is one of many areas in which trump as president has found the reality much more complicated than his very simplistic promises on the campaign trail, whether you're talking about tariffs or health care or anything else. and what we've also seen is especially in the national security arena, his advisers have tended to rule the day. he has been surrounded by pretty much conventional republicans who are continuing the sort of national security strategy i think you would have seen under a president ted cruz or a