my celebration has nothing to do with making america great and he has nothing to do with why weaver the best damned country on the planet. i've always loved by this quote by barberie war naval commander david. he says, our country in her intercourse with foreign nations, my she always be in the right, but our country, right or wrong, well, that's what i posted this year. all right, i want to hear what other folks think of all of this. joining me now to discuss are cnn political commentator, matt lewis, kirsten powers, and former state department spokesman under president obama, admiral john kirby. admiral kirby, i know you were a little uncomfortable with trump's focus on the military, but it wasn't the military parade we all had feared, right? >> that's right. and i was glad to see that his grand ambitions after watching the bastille day celebrations two years ago in paris sort of were trimmed down here. and it wasn't quite as