host: charlie spiering? guest: this is a good point and a point that a previous caller made the last time i was here. certainly donald trump was an amateur when he ran for president. but he won the election, he beat a prominent politician and earned the support and admiration of his party and served four years as president. the verdict is in on that. i think a lot of republicans view his first four years, even though he began as an amateur, many in his party believe he successfully governed for four years. when you look at kamala harris, she was a statewide democratic politician, but on the national stage she was an amateur. with j.d. vance, one of the least experienced senators and politicians. he's only won won election, certainly he's an amateur and we will have to see if he has the national skills to run a national campaign and we will see how he performs. it's a big risk by the trump campaign. host: stephen in portland, oregon, good morning. caller: hello, johnny. i want to commend you on the book he wr