First Read: “It may not feel like news to point out that politicians and Washington operators don’t always tell the truth until overwhelming evidence forces them to come clean, but Trump and his allies have taken that dynamic to a whole new level. If the White House wants to know why the press is getting more antagonistic, stop misleading all the time. You’ll be shocked at how much better relations are when you tell the truth the first time.”
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