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Brian Stelter cites new reporting that shows Trump is being affected by news coverage of his actions in the Middle East. Katie Rogers says Trump “has a particular aversion to coverage that makes him look weak.” Paul Rieckhoff says leaders need to “control the tone, to de-escalate and in order to do that we have to be thoughtful, we have to be measured, we have to be clear-headed — all the things that Trump is generally not.”
CNN: Are Trump’s Iran actions motivated by media coverage?
The Brief
→ Four things from today’s episode
01
Why Paul saw the Platner collapse coming after the very firs. Why Paul saw the Platner collapse coming after the very first interview
02
The Nazi tattoo, the Reddit posts, and a vetting process tha. The Nazi tattoo, the Reddit posts, and a vetting process that somehow missed both
03
Jamie Harrison defends the Democratic establishment. and Paul pushes back hard
04
"Grown in vats". the fantasy of the outsider candidate versus the reality of governing