"The sooner David Ellison takes over CNN the better", said Hegseth as he whined about media coverage [View all]

of trump's war of choice this morning. I hope that CNN takes this as a challenge to do more critical , in depth coverage instead of as a warning to "obey in advance". But I confess that I am not optimistic.

The fact that Hegseth felt free to say this out loud into a microphone is jaw dropping.