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Full confidence in his chief of staff, the communications director, the white house counsel? >> yes. the president has confidence in his staff. >> and questions on the spending plan. as i understand it not withstanding what the budget will say, the u.s. will have to borrow more than a trillion dollars a year and could affect markets globally. does the president feel confident that they -- do you dispute that and does the president feel that is -- >> i refer you to the treasury. some of the numbers have more than the previous administration's accounting than this industrial's policies. i will s...

Investigation, some information may arise that seems troubling or complicated and requires additional investigating. it's important to allow that process to continue in order for a fullsome understanding of the information. the whole u.s. government takes this process seriously. it's not politicized or interfered with. but we do not push -- we do push for -- we push to obtain acc rate fulsome information as quickly as possible. let's talk about rob porter. the allegations involve incidents long before he joined the white house. therefore they're best evaluated through the background check proc...

Compromise national security or interfere with operations here at the white house. we've spoken to one of porter's ex-wives who said she warned the fbi that he could be susceptible to blackmail because of the allegations -- >> i'm not going to get into the specifics of the investigation itself. i think that's a question for the fbi and others. this is not our process. this is the process the u.s. government uses across agencies and has existed over numerous administrations. >> i want to clarify what you're saying here. are you saying that the chief of staff of this white house had no idea rob ...

Absolutely worth it. over the course of any investigation, some information may arise that seems troubling or complicated and requires additional investigating. it's important to allow that process to continue in order for a fulsome understanding. the whole u.s. government takes this process seriously. it's not politicized or interfered with, but we do push to obtain accurate fulsome information as quickly as possible. now let me talk about rob porter. the allegations made against rob porter as we understand them involve incidents long before he joined the white house. therefore, they are best...

In his chief of is that of -- >> yes. >> and his white house counsel and communications director? >> yes, absolutely. confidence in the chief of staff counsel. sure. >> questions on the spending plan. as i understand it, and notwithstanding whatever the budget is going to say, do you also have to borrow more than a trillion dollars this year and could in fact market globally, does the president feel confident to do that, does the president feel confident that is the right thing do and it could be mitigated in the budget plan? >> i refer you to treasury on the specifics. those numbers have more...