the money from elsewhere, you know, pull postz money from other sources, why didn't he do that already? >> look, you know, fub me for this, stephanie. maybe this is sacrilege. it's brilliant political theater he's engaging in. >> for sure. >> this is part of his 2020 re-election campaign of tacking to the center now. i think you saw it in the state of the union address where he almost seemed like a normal human being part of the time. now he's saying look, i don't want a government shutdown. i'm going to sign this thing even though those crazy democrats. i can't deal with them. they're nuts. i tried to do what i could and i'm doing the best i can so the government stays open. this is step two in a long series of events that is going to show he's tacking to the political center as part of his effort to get re-elected. >> wow. he had jared and ivanka sitting behind me. an the state of the union, he had alice johnson there.