side, i think the president could have risen above that and made the best out of a bad situation by inviting and receiving those -- >> he could have done what he did with the patriots. why did the patriots get better treatment? a lot of them didn't show up either, including tom brady. he said he had family issues. but he let them come in. granholm, what's your take? >> i do think that the mayor is right. he is an egomaniac. but i don't know if it w about them not showing up in great numbers. he created this problem. he loves it when there is division out there in the country, which he sows on a regular basis. this is one other attempt on his part to wave the flag, to or whatever, and frankly distract, again, from the mueller investigation. anything he can do to divide the country is something that he does. >> let's see how it plays. he'll be on twitter, we'll look at it in the break. let's switch topics, quickly.