Donald Trump brought his friend Dana White into the White House briefing room and gave us another look at what he has made of the presidency. Reporters had just two minutes’ warning before the two appeared, and over the next 35 minutes, Trump attacked journalists, called a member of Congress and Kaitlan Collins a loser, and answered a question about Pete Hegseth’s impeachment by suggesting we impeach the people who ran the Vietnam War. Those leaders are dead. That war ended more than 50 years ago. He also suggested that White might “beat the hell out of” the journalists sitting in front of him. Then he admitted that he had not seriously been considering White for press secretary when he posted about it. He said he did it because, “We were having a very bad press day.” The president stood inside the White House and told us he had misled people because he wanted attention. What else will he say or do because he doesn’t like the coverage he is getting?
While he was performing, the administration around him was continuing to fall apart. Brett Shumate, who headed the Justice Department’s Civil Division, submitted his resignation, becoming the fourth senior Justice Department official to leave since the midterms. CBS News reported that his departure may be tied to criticism from Stephen Miller. This is a division already struggling to recruit attorneys, offering signing bonuses of up to $25,000. Meanwhile, former White House adviser Calley Means described people who gave Trump “severe, poor advice,” “treated him like a baby,” and blocked information from reaching him. Means said he “wouldn’t be surprised” if complicated issues were being reduced to brief conversations, with staffers then using Trump’s responses to justify what they wanted to do.
This past weekend, I spoke with a Trump holdout who still believes much of his propaganda but was not surprised by the election results. “Nobody likes Donald Trump. Nobody.”This is what they told me. It says something about what is happening inside a circle of people who once defended him. They are tired of the chaos. They want someone capable, someone less consumed with himself. People who are becoming disillusioned can be pulled back into his propaganda, or they can begin to see a different way forward. We have already spent years fighting and resisting. We have two more years to keep reaching people and finish this fight. We do not give up, and we are not starting now.
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This video is based on my written post, available HERE, and based on the events of 11-9-2026.
This commentary represents my personal opinions and analysis of matters of public concern, informed by publicly available information. Any references to individuals constitute opinion and commentary protected under the First Amendment.
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President Trump Delivers Remarks, Nov. 9, 2026: YouTube Video
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/top-lawyer-justice-department-civil-division-brett-shumate-resigns/
https://www.foxcarolina.com/2026/11/06/2-justice-department-officials-resign-wake-midterm-elections/
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