Steve Inskeep

Okay, what's the president excited about?

How unusual is it for a president to have so many, I guess you'd call them side projects?

OK, so this appears to be a for not appears to be it is it's a for profit event.

With that said, wouldn't you expect the president to try to put on some kind of show for the 250th?

NPR's Daniel Kurtzleben.

Have a nice weekend.

Some other news now.

President Trump has named Jay Clayton to be the next Director of National Intelligence.

NPR Congress reporter Eric McDaniel is here in the studio to talk us through this here in Studio 31.

Eric, thanks for coming by once again.

Happy to.

You're getting to be a regular here.

Appreciate that.

Tell us more about Jay Clayton.

As this is happening, I'm thinking of the nominations for attorney general at the start of the administration.

Matt Gaetz was the nominee.

Congress was horrified.

Trump countered with Pam Bondi.

Are you saying in the same way that Jay Clayton looks better by comparison?

We heard Senator Mark Warner on NPR saying that Pulte was the kind of person who would weaponize intelligence agencies against the public, really.