David French

Rubio is much more capable of articulating an achievable goal, but he's not running the war.

We made progress, but we didn't achieve all of those.

He's not the boss.

And so this idea that you can say, oh, the administration's been totally consistent because one of Trump's subordinates has been consistent.

It's just absurd.

You just realize you're dealing with people, Tim, at the end of this, you know, here we are 10 years in.

And if there's one thing that we have learned, truth doesn't matter.

Spin matters, bluster matters, memes matter, liberal tears matter, truth doesn't matter.

And so you just cannot, you just cannot go to these MAGA figures, the ones who are still flying the Trump flag proudly and hear anything coherent,

hear anything sensible because had he launched civilization destroying war last night, you know what they'd be doing?

Talking about how that was totally justified, completely correct, not a war crime at all.

It's proof that, you know, that Trump is a guy who can actually do things.

It's no longer negotiating tactic.

It's a brilliant military stroke, you know?

So whatever he does, no matter how berserk or unhinged, they're going to find a way to make this okay.

And, and Hexeth,

You know, it's interesting to me that he survived and Pam Bondi hasn't because he's every bit as cartoonish in many ways as she was.

You know, remember when she was shouting about Dow 50,000 at an Epstein hearing as if one thing had anything to do with the other.

He's he's almost identical in that way.

He's just he's a talk show host as a secretary of defense co-host.