David Axelrod: “I think that this is a -- this will define him if he moves forward.”

I think the political question is the political question. And I think, Jim, I don't think this helps Trump.

I think Democrats would be very foolish to go all Marjorie Taylor Greene here and WWE stuff and so on. I think they should respond. But I don't think they should, you know, heckle and do the kinds of things that some have talked about.

I think there's a lot of concern among Republican officeholders. Governor Pawlenty could speak more readily to this than me.

There's no doubt about that. But I also want to say this. You know, all presidents sort of feed off of perceptions of the person who came before and they want to position against what people found lacking in the person that came before.