When I talk with Trump voters, many say he is doing just what he promised. @DKThomp says Tuesday’s elections show other voters disagree: “Elected to be an affordability president, Trump governed as an authoritarian dilettante.”
In this exchange, @jonkarl goes on to observe both not only that Hegseth has avoided reporters’ questions, but that Congress has not been calling him to answer questions in the manner they nearly always would in the past.
KARL: Do you have a sense for why the Secretary of Defense seems to be afraid to interact with journalists who cover him?
MIKE JOHNSON: I reject the premise
KARL: The guy has only had 2 briefings and he basically forced the press out of the Pentagon
JOHNSON: I can't remember a secretary of defense who has been so transparent and out in the open
On NPR, @elliotcwilliams says Bolton’s indictment looks more “serious” than others. But “two things can be true”—that prosecutors framed a damning indictment, and that Trump “injected himself impermissibly.”
At the WSJ, the editorial board has no doubt why Bolton was targeted.