white house officials behind scenes think president trump's visits to dayton and el paso were not successful. i want to talk about this now with frank bruni and michael d'antonio. michael is the author of "the truth about trump." rick wilson, the author of "everything trump touches dies." he's on the screen. he's not in the studio with us. i'm going to start with you because you're not in the studio. let's do that. the president's trip was a disaster. his own aides are conceding that. you saw the video. he's there after a mass shooting. he's bragging about his crowd size several months earlier. i mean, there are no words for this, rick. >> i say this a lot. there is no better version of donald trump. there is no -- there is no thoughtful donald trump. there is no empathetic donald trump. what you see is exactly what you get. when he reads from a teleprompter, that's the lie. when he talks like he did there, that's who he is. this is a man with no empathy,