David Axelrod: “Butler told CNN that he's speaking publicly now because he believes voters should hear the truth before the November…”

I think the darker interpretation of what we saw today is that they were setting up a pretext, he and the vice president for walking away from Ukraine and blaming Zelenskyy for it.

This is another norm that's just going by the wayside in the era of Trump. But, I don't think it has particular meaning.

I think vengeance is very real.

The White House, the Senate, the Democratic Senate, the Republican house came to an agreement. That agreement was on the doorstep of being approved. And then Musk went on his tweet fest, and then Trump piled on and added the debt ceiling…