“I think sometimes we can disagree with the facts.”

— White House press secretary Sean Spicer, quoted by The Guardian.

“It’s not just about a crowd size. There’s this constant theme to undercut the enormous support he has. And it’s unbelievably frustrating when you’re continually told it’s not big enough; it’s not good enough. You can’t win.”

— White House press secretary Sean Spicer, quoted by The Hill.

Graydon Carter: “In manner and execution, and in his almost touching desire to be liked, Trump comes across not as larger than life but as one of the smaller people on the world stage. He always had a sort of oafish charisma: as we used to say at Spy, a hustler on his best behavior. In small groups, as many can attest, he has mastered the salesman’s trick of creating faux sincerity and intimacy when answering a question by including the first name of the person who asked it.”

“But no amount of grifter charm can conceal his alarming disregard for facts and truth. It’s this combination of utter ignorance and complete certitude that his detractors find most terrifying. Trump not only doesn’t know the unknowns but appears to have no interest in even knowing the knowns. Fact-checkers can’t keep up. How often does Obama play golf? Who cares—let’s inflate the number by 50 percent. What’s the murder rate in a major American city? What the hell—let’s multiply it by 10.”

“The writer Michael O’Donoghue used to say that the definition of insanity is the length of time it takes for a lie to be uncovered. The shorter the period, the crazier you are. By this standard, our president will be setting a new threshold for that definition.”

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said that beginning later this week, he will take questions at his daily press briefing via Skype from reporters based outside of Washington, Politico reports.

“Spicer said four of the so-called ‘Skype seats’ will be available for each daily briefing… The Skype seats will be available to reporters based 50 miles or more outside of Washington who work for organizations who do not have a permanent ‘hard pass’ to the White House.”

A new Gallup survey finds President Trump’s approval rating at 45%, the lowest initial approval rating in the modern polling era.

U.S. government sources tell CBS News that President Trump’s visit to CIA headquarters on Saturday “made relations with the intelligence community worse” and described the visit as “uncomfortable.”

“Authorities are also pushing back against the perception that the CIA workforce was cheering for the president. They say the first three rows in front of the president were largely made up of supporters of Mr. Trump’s campaign.”