Very seriously.
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Gergen emphasized the seriousness of the situation regarding the calls from retired generals for Rumsfeld to resign.
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Trust in our institutions has plunged over the last 20, 30 years. It started before Donald Trump got to office, but he has accelerated the downward spiral.
I think it's something that's spontaneous. It's happening in the country where just tons and tons of people are coming out because they feel that democracy is at stake that we're in real trouble here.
With these rallies, we are staggering from one obscenity to the next, and it is very clear that the rally haven't helped him very much politically. His numbers have been going down since all this nonsense started.
The President today was talking about this is going to be the hardest decision - decision that he's going to make.





