Chuck Todd

So this is how a previous president can somehow tie the hands of an incoming president.

Now, granted, he was a I could argue that anybody that breaks the ceiling.

And we've seen it.

This is arguably one of the first times that this happens that you see it become a problem for that president.

Yeah, the first all firsts.

feel as if they have to be extraordinarily cautious.

So it is easier to approve it.

And a bit risk averse.

That's something that's already in motion than to stop it.

And whether it's political risk averseness or cultural risk averseness, you know, there's this great line about that I got when I was reporting out Biden being the running mate, you know, rather than and the line that I kept being told that Barack Obama said is I'm enough change.

So he doesn't cancel it, but he does try to shape it.

And this is where he makes a mistake.

The plan depends on air superiority.

The CIA uses B-26 bombers pointed to painted to look like their Castro's planes.

The cover story that it's a mutiny.

But the strikes on April 15 missed some key targets.

And

It has always stuck with me because you're right.

Castro's Air Force survives, and the cover collapses.

I mean, he chose, I think he saw it as, hey, I can't be too radical.