in the 2016 election and he does say publicly that u.s. intelligence is naive and he needs to, quote, go back to school. what do you think about this? >> i think you're right that the seeds were sown in the russian imbroglio when he didn't buy into that intelligence because it suits his interests not to. that's probably where the base of this lies, but i think we've been awfully lucky so far. this is awfully dangerous stuff. what would we do in the case of a national emergency where the president is telling us one thing and the intelligence sources are telling us something else? because it used to be that the political differences ended at the water's edge and we would unite as americans against the common foe. i worry that you were talking about venezuela. what if the president wants to do something in venezuela that is not justified by the intel according to our intel chiefs. so hopefully they get on the same page soon. otherwise it could lead to