it, it just deepens the sense that he's holding out of stubbornness and ego. >> on the subject of things weighing on the president's mind, the stock market, the president called from air force one because he was pleased when the market went up 1,000 points, and who wouldn't be? but i think it shows an underlyingeni anxiety over the market swings. >> we reported in his complaints about jerome powell, the fed chair, that he described him as turning him in to hoover, meaning her vert hobert hoover. he is very concerned about it. he knows a bad economy makes it much harder to keep his approval ratings where they are, and they're not in a great place, and they make it harder to run for re-election, and not everyone is convinced he does. it's hard to see him walking away. the stock market has always been his poll, right? this is a person who likes to measure things through stats of some kind.