Trump Goes After the Messenger

Jonathan Lemire: “Trump—who is famously reluctant to use any electronic messaging, and who started sending the occasional text message only during his last campaign—had not heard of the encrypted app and opted against weighing in when he spoke with the press, the officials said. Instead, Trump insisted he knew little about the matter while taking a swipe at Goldberg and this publication.”

“But since then, the two officials and an outside adviser told me, the president has grown frustrated at the incident’s sloppiness and the negative headlines it has spawned—including from a contentious congressional hearing today—even as he and his allies have focused on attacking the media rather than showing outward concern for the apparent flagrant national-security breach.”