the coverage. the new yorker cover with donald trump portray thed as a metal-wearing, goose-stepping nazi e soldier. trump continues to dominate the coverage as he did by doing an iowa town hall with fox news overshadowing at the same hour the ron desantis-nikki haley slug fest on cnn. and the former president generated wall the wall coverage by showing up in washington on his claim of immunity for actions in office; namely, challenging the last election. trump s presence in that courtroom which took him off the campaign trail just days before the iowa caucuses underscored the vindictiveness of the lawfare if being waged against him. why s he in court instead of campaigning? because donald trump being in court is the greatest bully pulpit for him where he can plaw fake. howard: trump wasn t required to be in court then or on thursday when he denounced the judge in his new york civil fraud trial, but he drew attention from his rivals whose iowa events are being buried by s
was a lapse in general on the secretary s part, and he gave the shortest possible answer, yes. well, we ll see what the inspector general s investigation shows. if there s some gross misconduct that is found in that probe, he s going to have to take some action. but at the same time, the president s not going to broadcast to the world that his confidence in the secretary of defense has been utterly shaken at a time when u.s. troops are under fire overseas. he s just not going to do that. at the same time the though, there are questions about remaining how kathleen hicks, deputy secretary of defense, was given partial duties while she s on vacation in puerto rico, but she was never given the full authority including the day he was under general anesthesia, lights out, january 1st-5th while he s in the hospital having complications. howard: right. so very briefly, would you describe white house officials as being frustrated by this whole thing? absolutely is. howard: and pentagon off