“A lot of the guys we just heard from there are these sort of self-described masters of the universe. The MAGA ethos of masculinity, of being an alpha male and all that… You just don’t find more beta behavior than what we saw around the table yesterday.”
— Morning Joe co-anchor Willie Geist, quoted by The Wrap, on cabinet secretaries heaping praise on President Trump yesterday.
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