one of these characters who is a rarity in washington. john doesn't really care about politics, but he does care about security. you can disagree with his approaches on various things, but the guy never one day in his life said hey, i'm going to do something about iran or iraq or anything else because i think it will be great for me in the election. but he will be conscious of the fact that trump is going to try to frame himself as this particularly potent deal-maker and negotiator and international leader. i think he's got the chance to stick the knife in right into trump's soft underchin at the right moment if he chooses to do so. >> maria, there's a reason there's a certain kind of public ritual at these kind of departures, and both sides tend to be very complementary of the other, even if they don't really