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Recognizing he's the president, act with force, act with fortitude, dictate the outcome he wants and act that way. >> but eliot says is absolutely critical. it's not just trust. i think there is almost like a reverence that the president has for authority. a reverence for establishments. the wall street establishment, the military establishment, the bp establishment. you know, even his own admiral in charge of the bp oil spill. a few weeks ago said that i trust what tony hayward is telling me. he actually used those words. so that is really very fundamental problem that is affecting his whole ...

General. before the mcchrystal moment in which he has reasserted presidential authority, it seemed under a shadow. was that fair? you've been a chief executive. this is an accident. you know, you can't plug the hole using the federal government. how should -- how do you think obama did on the bp oil spill? >> look. let's accept as a given he's been dealt a very bad hand of cards to play. one thing on top of the next. from the economy to bp being the last example of that. he did not appear to challenge bp at the very first moment. he trusts people too much. he trusted wall street. he trusted th...