Yeah, it always appears that Chuck Todd thinks he is so smart that he is going to trick his usually smarter guest into saying something dumb. Particularly Republican guests. Certainly there are some very dumb Republicans but many are not dumb. They do dumb things but in the end they are not dumb people. The thing I can't stand about Ari Melber is that while he is fairly good looking he acts as if he is black, particularly to his African American guests. He recites hip hop or rap lyrics and just can't pull it off. I find it really, really irritating.