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On President Trump]I think he let his guard down, and I think in his desire to try to demonstrate that we are somehow coming out of this and that the danger is not still with us - I think he got out over his skis and frankly, I think it's a lesson to all of us that we need to exercise self discipline,"

When I have had differences of opinion, which I have, I do that privately. I have found that has allowed me to be much more effective, I believe, than to satisfy those who say I ought to call him out or get into a public fight with him

On President Trump]I applaud him for standing up to China but, frankly, this idea that China is paying the price and we're not paying the price here at home is just not true

I think what we found is that we're not going to change President Trump. He is who he is. You either love him or hate him, and there's not much in between. What I tried to do is not get into public confrontations and fights with him because, as I've observed, those usually don't end too well