Andrew Weissmann

Thank you for having me, Caroline. The president posted another ad this week for his Trump meme coin. The group that's running that coin is encouraging people to buy in order to win a dinner this month with the president. Why is the president planning to attend a dinner for the top investors in his coin?

There are at least some people who are buying this coin who seem to view it as an opportunity to influence the president's views. There was a logistics company this week that said they would buy $20 million in the coin in order to advocate for free trade between the US and Mexico. If buyers are buying for that reason, are they wasting their money?

There are at least some people who are buying this coin who seem to view it as an opportunity to influence the president's views. There was a logistics company this week that said they would buy $20 million in the coin in order to advocate for free trade between the US and Mexico. If buyers are buying for that reason, are they wasting their money?

There are at least some people who are buying this coin who seem to view it as an opportunity to influence the president's views. There was a logistics company this week that said they would buy $20 million in the coin in order to advocate for free trade between the US and Mexico. If buyers are buying for that reason, are they wasting their money?

To be honest, I had no idea what to expect when they reached out to me. They were like, just kind of called me out of the blue. Hey, you know, come be in the new media seat at the White House. I was like, are they, is this going to be some kind of shaming ritual?

To be honest, I had no idea what to expect when they reached out to me. They were like, just kind of called me out of the blue. Hey, you know, come be in the new media seat at the White House. I was like, are they, is this going to be some kind of shaming ritual?

To be honest, I had no idea what to expect when they reached out to me. They were like, just kind of called me out of the blue. Hey, you know, come be in the new media seat at the White House. I was like, are they, is this going to be some kind of shaming ritual?

Is this like they've been kind of mad that the bulwark's been getting some attention and they're going to bring me up here and shove me into a van? You know, these are the kind of the paranoid thoughts going through my brain. They played it very strange.

Is this like they've been kind of mad that the bulwark's been getting some attention and they're going to bring me up here and shove me into a van? You know, these are the kind of the paranoid thoughts going through my brain. They played it very strange.

Is this like they've been kind of mad that the bulwark's been getting some attention and they're going to bring me up here and shove me into a van? You know, these are the kind of the paranoid thoughts going through my brain. They played it very strange.

Put video testimonials from ex-girlfriends up on the screen in the briefing room. I don't know. They played it extremely straight. They asked me for a bio. They read it. They said nice things about our subscriber numbers, which thanks to all of you subscribers for giving us nice subscriber numbers to read. They gave me the first two questions at the briefing. It's been a weird assortment of people.

Put video testimonials from ex-girlfriends up on the screen in the briefing room. I don't know. They played it extremely straight. They asked me for a bio. They read it. They said nice things about our subscriber numbers, which thanks to all of you subscribers for giving us nice subscriber numbers to read. They gave me the first two questions at the briefing. It's been a weird assortment of people.

Put video testimonials from ex-girlfriends up on the screen in the briefing room. I don't know. They played it extremely straight. They asked me for a bio. They read it. They said nice things about our subscriber numbers, which thanks to all of you subscribers for giving us nice subscriber numbers to read. They gave me the first two questions at the briefing. It's been a weird assortment of people.

It's one of these initiatives. Obviously, the things that have made headlines have been, The just unbelievably mealy mouthed and sort of worshipful questions that they've gotten from some of the more like influencer types that they've let into that seat. But it's been a weird spread.

It's one of these initiatives. Obviously, the things that have made headlines have been, The just unbelievably mealy mouthed and sort of worshipful questions that they've gotten from some of the more like influencer types that they've let into that seat. But it's been a weird spread.

It's one of these initiatives. Obviously, the things that have made headlines have been, The just unbelievably mealy mouthed and sort of worshipful questions that they've gotten from some of the more like influencer types that they've let into that seat. But it's been a weird spread.

You know, it's been been guys like Tim Pool, but it's also been, you know, a number of just sort of newer media companies like Notice and Semaphore that just asked kind of. probing good questions about the White House. And that's what I tried to do as well. Like I said, they played it perfectly straight. They brought me out there and let me ask my questions. And it was just kind of a sort of

You know, it's been been guys like Tim Pool, but it's also been, you know, a number of just sort of newer media companies like Notice and Semaphore that just asked kind of. probing good questions about the White House. And that's what I tried to do as well. Like I said, they played it perfectly straight. They brought me out there and let me ask my questions. And it was just kind of a sort of

You know, it's been been guys like Tim Pool, but it's also been, you know, a number of just sort of newer media companies like Notice and Semaphore that just asked kind of. probing good questions about the White House. And that's what I tried to do as well. Like I said, they played it perfectly straight. They brought me out there and let me ask my questions. And it was just kind of a sort of

Bizarre experience because it's not super clear what the White House gets out of it. But I guess that it is basically just this. It really is ultimately kind of an FU to the White House Correspondents Association and to the Associated Press, which used to get the first questions at the briefings.