 interviewed about a dozen of his different influences and people who you know kind of knew him over the years and one of the things i think really comes out of it is a picture of someone who is a lot more intellectually coherent than he's being painted by by the media the media has sort of suggested that this was all you know this is a uh... cynical ploy that he kind of shifted in uh... in a trumpian direction just to get ahead uh... when i actually don't think that's true at all i think there's a very distinct arc