Stephen A. Smith

Yeah, I mean, they are better – it is a better run organization than last time only in the sense that you have a bunch of people who maybe care about a specific issue that Trump may or may not care about as much and they are finding ways to drive that. Some of it is not legally sustainable. Some of it is just like a bunch of bullshit like the –

Yeah, I mean, they are better – it is a better run organization than last time only in the sense that you have a bunch of people who maybe care about a specific issue that Trump may or may not care about as much and they are finding ways to drive that. Some of it is not legally sustainable. Some of it is just like a bunch of bullshit like the –

like the executive order on transgender sports participation. That's not something the government has any access to, but just by being out there and being mobastic, you get likely the NCAA or someone else to respond to it. But they didn't have executive orders in the can last time to do it. And the ones they've written, and I think Trump is freed this time from carrying what

like the executive order on transgender sports participation. That's not something the government has any access to, but just by being out there and being mobastic, you get likely the NCAA or someone else to respond to it. But they didn't have executive orders in the can last time to do it. And the ones they've written, and I think Trump is freed this time from carrying what

the media thinks or at least he seems to be like they were very they were more sensitive to the you know what maggie haberman would say about them they seem to be now i think that remains to be seen i think trump likes at least let me say the administration question about trump yeah i do think that you're i mean this is going to be a real question as you know because they're just do they are have a lot of muzzle velocity and that says right like some of the stuff and a lot of it is kind of

the media thinks or at least he seems to be like they were very they were more sensitive to the you know what maggie haberman would say about them they seem to be now i think that remains to be seen i think trump likes at least let me say the administration question about trump yeah i do think that you're i mean this is going to be a real question as you know because they're just do they are have a lot of muzzle velocity and that says right like some of the stuff and a lot of it is kind of

organizationally, you know, kind of culture war stuff that doesn't, that doesn't really affect the outcomes of government policy in an immediate way is all happening. It's moving. They clearly had it well planned. But again, I mean, a lot of the most consequential stuff is being decided by Elon Musk in a pretty chaotic way.

organizationally, you know, kind of culture war stuff that doesn't, that doesn't really affect the outcomes of government policy in an immediate way is all happening. It's moving. They clearly had it well planned. But again, I mean, a lot of the most consequential stuff is being decided by Elon Musk in a pretty chaotic way.

And when it starts, and I think there's a real question of some of it will be very unpopular. Some of it will get really bad press. Do we think Trump wants that? Like, I actually don't think Trump likes getting bad press or is comfortable with getting bad press. I think he likes getting good press.

And when it starts, and I think there's a real question of some of it will be very unpopular. Some of it will get really bad press. Do we think Trump wants that? Like, I actually don't think Trump likes getting bad press or is comfortable with getting bad press. I think he likes getting good press.

Yeah, I think that's true. I think so. I guess the way I've been thinking about it is I mean, the way he backed off the tariffs very quickly for just basically nothing is notable the way they I know a judge stopped the funding freeze, but Trump also pulled the plug on it. And reportedly, I mean, at least it's a reporting I read. That was his choice because it was so noisy and messy.

Yeah, I think that's true. I think so. I guess the way I've been thinking about it is I mean, the way he backed off the tariffs very quickly for just basically nothing is notable the way they I know a judge stopped the funding freeze, but Trump also pulled the plug on it. And reportedly, I mean, at least it's a reporting I read. That was his choice because it was so noisy and messy.

And so I think he's still going to be reactive to some of that stuff. The people around him are less reactive to it. Like last time he had so many Republican establishment people in his administration that they were more reactive to it. Like, you know, John Kelly is going to be more reactive to bad press than Kristi Noem. For sure. Or, you know, same thing with his defense.

And so I think he's still going to be reactive to some of that stuff. The people around him are less reactive to it. Like last time he had so many Republican establishment people in his administration that they were more reactive to it. Like, you know, John Kelly is going to be more reactive to bad press than Kristi Noem. For sure. Or, you know, same thing with his defense.

Pete Hankseth is not going to care about it, you know. And so I think that it will matter. But I guess I guess I question have is. It seems to me at least watching this over the first three weeks that the legacy media, establishment media, right? I always want to kind of just at least the people in the briefing room. In Trump 1 came in really sort of guns blazing, right?

Pete Hankseth is not going to care about it, you know. And so I think that it will matter. But I guess I guess I question have is. It seems to me at least watching this over the first three weeks that the legacy media, establishment media, right? I always want to kind of just at least the people in the briefing room. In Trump 1 came in really sort of guns blazing, right?

They sort of branded themselves as defenders of democracy. There was a ton of fact checking. And there is a – it feels like – at least from afar, a different approach this time, right? A little more... Not that there is not real... I do kind of want to separate the journalists who are covering the White House or covering Trump from maybe the parent companies who own them.

They sort of branded themselves as defenders of democracy. There was a ton of fact checking. And there is a – it feels like – at least from afar, a different approach this time, right? A little more... Not that there is not real... I do kind of want to separate the journalists who are covering the White House or covering Trump from maybe the parent companies who own them.

Because there is real... Reporters, I will say, are working their ass off and they're writing a lot of really important stories, whether anyone's reading them or not is an open question. But It does feel like the press has more of an accommodationist and less aggressive approach this time. Do you see it that way? Is my anti-media bias coming through? I mean, I think that's one way to see it.

Because there is real... Reporters, I will say, are working their ass off and they're writing a lot of really important stories, whether anyone's reading them or not is an open question. But It does feel like the press has more of an accommodationist and less aggressive approach this time. Do you see it that way? Is my anti-media bias coming through? I mean, I think that's one way to see it.