“Section 702 is an important component of American national security. It allows us, the C.I.A., to observe communications from non-U.S. citizens.” That was C.I.A. director, and Trump appointee, Mike Pompeo on Sunday. Basically, the Trump team opposes an amendment to put more limits on certain surveillance methods. But on Thursday, the president himself took a different stance. “The president tweeted: House votes on controversial FISA act today. This is the act that may have been used with the help of the discredited and phony dossier.” He appeared to step back from that position in a follow-up tweet. But it’s the latest example of President Trump contradicting his administration, his party and even himself. In a bipartisan meeting on DACA, he was asked: It was a request by Democrats for Trump to legalize the Dreamers with no strings attached. “I think that’s basically what Dick is saying. We’re going to come up with DACA. We’re going to do DACA. And then we can start immediately on the Phase 2, which would be comprehensive — — ” But a clean DACA bill is not the G.O.P. position or even the president’s. Representative Kevin McCarthy quickly tried to set the record straight. “When we talk about just DACA, we don’t want to be back here two years later. You have to have security as the secretary would tell you.” “But I think that’s what she’s saying.” “Oh no, no, I think she’s saying something different.” The president later clarified that, in fact, this was his position too. “But any solution has to include the wall because without the wall, it all doesn’t work.” Trump and his administration also seem to be at odds over their favorite nemesis: Hillary Clinton. “Hillary Clinton had an interview where she wasn’t sworn in. She wasn’t given the oath. They didn’t take notes. They didn’t record, and it was done on the Fourth of July weekend.” But just hours later, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said this: “We don’t care about her. Nobody here talks about her. Hey, Chris, nobody here talks about Hillary Clinton. I promise you.”