can't cite any law whatsoever that would be broken. now, that being said, in some ways i thought the news at the briefing today was sarah sanders acknowledging, despite the evident fury and, quote, unquote, volcanic anger of president trump about this op-ed, that in fact they are not talking about subjecting those around president trump to lie detector tests at this time. so in a way, that was admitting that they're basically backing off, you know. it underscores -- the whole controversy underscores the isolation and the potential well-founded paranoia of president trump. is there anyone around him he can trust? unlike other presidents, including by the way, richard nixon, who had some of these same personality traits. president trump is really much more isolated in many ways than his predecessors. he did not come to office with a cadre of people who were there, who were effective or who were going to be effective in those jobs and were also true believers in a vision for the