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At any president. that is just not something that he has done in the past. >> correct. >> he has been very good at adhering to that unspoken pact of not credit seesing your success ors. he has been good at that. what is doing now is expressing the frustration and saying you know what? enough is enough and i've got to use this platform. i can no longer afford the luxury of remaining silent because american values are under attack. what this white house and this president are doing are affecting the national tone and there has got to be somebody using the bully pulpit -- >> jason -- >> let me te...

People don't vote retroactively. this is what has happened after the election. >> just because -- >> one person, jason. one person can't always be against every single other person. >> people in washington -- >> jason, i get that -- >> jason -- >> addressing the moral question of donald trump's behavior is difficult. >> if it were -- >> i get it. i get how hard it is for you. i can feel the burden you're carrying. >> you guys don't like president trump. i totally get that. >> jason -- >> i don't like his behavior. >> oh, god. jason, if it was just democrats, i could understand how you could sa...

Even when it was tough as a republican. but those two guys hit a ground here above politics, it's different from what we expected from ex-presidents, where they were sending a clear signal that this has a moral vacuum around him. >> no, that's -- i mean, look, changing washington is going to be hard. so of course, you're going to get the folks from both parties that are going to take shots at you. but good for president trump to bringing truth to power and not -- [ overlapping speakers >> let me say this. the last thing george w. bush would want to do is take shots . that is just not something...

Director. but the other effect this has is that these aides are loyal to him and talking about him going on undermining them, this hurts morale and this closes the circle around the president in addition to that. >> and it also only undercuts their ability to do anything else. the credibility of this white house was already in question before this week and to see people repeatedly go to the podium and his vice president have a stake outon capitol hill and say things that were completely untrue and the only question is whether they knew they were untrue or whether they were misinformed and kept...

Away. >> oh, i know we always don't agree, but we're beginning to get a spirit here in washington where we're more agreeable, where we're setting a different tone. >> reporter: president clinton may have been frustrated by gridlock. >> i learned that things are not going to change quite as fast as i want them to. >> reporter: but still intent on changing washington. >> it may be we can only do one thing at a time in this town. that may be. but i'm not prepared to acknowledge that. >> reporter: for president trump, serving his first time in elected office, his frustration set him apart from rec...