David Axelrod actually said...

"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."

"I think so, but the other thing is he got a lot of credit for, and I think deservedly so, for not interfering in his son's case for saying this. We're going to -- I'm going to respect the rule of law...."

"He wants to have political control over the Justice Department, and she -- to Scott's point, I think she's fully -- fully, willing, able and capable of doing that."

"I think it was a good move to get Gaetz out of the nomination, because he clearly was going to crash and burn, and he shouldn't have been there in the first place. It was a horrific choice."