David Gergen actually said...

"Mick Mulvaney is I think the weakest Chief of Staff in modern history."

"The Chief of Staff is not going to make a decision, absent presidential direction of such weight and so controversial without taking it to the boss to start with."

"I think it's important for the country that we not have a secretary of state who seems compromised or potentially compromised in a very, very serious situation."

"It gives the granular view is much more sobering and distressing than what we had heard before today. I think the details show you this became a cesspool. Our own State Department became a cesspool."