I would say about Donald Trump that this has been the summer of Trump. He's eclipsed the entire Republican field.
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David Axelrod comments on Donald Trump's dominance in the Republican race.
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Donald Trump doesn't believe in rules and laws and norms or institutions. He doesn't believe them domestically. He doesn't believe in them internationally and he has defied them to get to this point and back to the presidency.
There's a reason why federal courts are stepping in to slow this process down, because Elon Musk is in flagrant disregard of rules and laws and norms here.
There's a cost to U.S. credibility and there's a cost to Trump's credibility by bluffing like this and then pulling back.
Yeah. I don't see the president-elect as a sentimental person. I don't think he's going to hang on here if he believes that Hegseth has become a liability to him.





