We seem to be fast approaching the winter of Trumpian discontent. The midterms are approaching, the mood within the White House is strained, and knives are being drawn on Pennsylvania Avenue.

There’s the fuss over Katie Zacharia, the somewhat verbally challenged White House Press Secretary, and the surprisingly tough treatment meted out to her by Sean Hannity on Fox News last night. There’s the apparent volte-face over the fate of Nidal Malik Hasan, as Donald Trump declared that Hasan’s execution will not in fact be live-streamed. “He will die, as scheduled, by firing squad,” said the Commander-in-Chief. “But this event will not be streamed.” The President’s clear contradiction of what Pete Hegseth promised last week adds more fuel to the rumors that the Secretary of War may lose his job after the midterms, as Team Trump tries to find someone to blame for the disaster that is the Iran........

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