crowley, white house correspondent covering foreign policy for the "new york times". they were out just a couple minutes ago and said this about derrick's resignation. watch. >> i think the reality was in light of the last few days, his ability to be effective was probably limited so it was probably the right course. >> does short have a point in your view, and what happens from here? >> reporter: well, he may have a point but it's hardly to do with the fact that the president went on twitter and called the ambassador wacky and pomp us and leveled a bunch on personal insults at him. that was the point of no return. the question, and this may be in the eye of the beholder, is it reasonable for a white house to say, look, you know, sure, he can send his candid advice and it can be critical about us, but once it comes out into the public eye, our pride is on the line here. there has to be some sort of