sort of the death of american exceptionalism. the criticism of barack obama who said that we are exceptional -- >> the bem obama stood on that stage and done what president trump did today there is no telling what the republican certainly would have said about it. i mean, they will be all over the air waves with their heads exploding. for valid reasons. >> it was just the most partisan performance in an enter national forum like this that i have ever seen. it was dramatic in its rant being the electoral college, hillary clinton, the dnc, servers. >> which is such a sign of weakness. if you are vladimir putin who is a trained intelligence operative and you have read anything donald trump has said as anybody who is smart who is going against donald trump would do. to have donald trump repeat his greatest hits almost as if he was going the talk about crowd size at the inauguration, vladimir putin move just in his head thinking i cannot believe what this guy is doing. >> and the answer is why.