ready to do that and actually has been hdling it for weeks, and it needs to obviously have the right tcuske sure tha the measures that are taken are minimizing the risk to the troops and putting the troops in a position where their priority and at the same time aware to five the mission spelly out in the western pacific with respect to china, and leaders need to focus hard on getting it right. >> reporter: admiral, you just said a challenge for all leaders. i have to ask, nkw do you thi president trump has responded to this crisis? >> i think it's pretty wela consensus that we haven't acted very quickly -- the administraon hasn't acted very:00ly and, from a leadership standpoint, you know, when you're in a crietsz, there's nobody more critil than a leader. at any level of the chain of command of any organization. i think it's important that leaders, what the president addition to what he does, leaders need to walk the walk, not just talk the and i think that's really critical for the country and actually r the world. >> reporter: and it sounds like you're criticizing the president, sounde