On “State of the Union” on Sunday, Jake Tapper interviewed Stephen Miller about the new “Fire and Fury” book, the allegations from author Wolff about Trump, and the relative evil of Stephen Bannon.
It went … poorly. I mean, it ended with Jake saying “I’ve wasted enough of my viewers’ time,” so that doesn’t speak well of what transpired.
Or rather, it went poorly from the perspective of actual useful news and information. As for ratings, it went EPICALLY AWESOME, BRO.
And the capper for Tapper? A tweet from Trump.
Jake Tapper of Fake News CNN just got destroyed in his interview with Stephen Miller of the Trump Administration. Watch the hatred and unfairness of this CNN flunky!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 7, 2018
That’s also the capper for Miller, who was there to accomplish the task of blasting Bannon and the book to please the boss. Which he obviously did.
It was a slugfest. And an interruption fest. By enough build-up, see for yourself!
The general consensus seems to be a wash on the two players. They each did what they were there to do.
My personal view? Miller isn’t very good at handling media. He didn’t do well with the jackass Acosta, and he didn’t do well with Tapper here. But he really only had to make one person happy, as Jake pointed out. And in that regard he gets an A+.
And Tapper’s job was to poke the bear and feed the media beast. And he did that.
And Trump fans will eat up Miller’s attitude. And #resistance weirdos will praise Tapper for his role in la revolución.
So everybody wins? I guess?
Anyone it’s certainly entertaining. (If a little annoying.)