That brinkmanship for the most part has worked for him. He's crossed red line after red line,

I stepped over the boundary ... I crossed the line, ... I've worked very hard, and you know what? I think I just destroyed it all.

That was what crossed the line,

The job of the president is immensely difficult because he is under the constant glare of the public spotlight.

He recounted to me that when he first saw the pictures of the bombed-out shells of the building he was really horrified.

I think a line was crossed; there was a rebate and that is just not permitted.