Important point by TPM's @davidkurtz.bsky.social: the institutional voice of a lot of Trump coverage (looking at you, NYT, but not only you) assumes actions/statements are straightforward/made in good faith. Precisely the opposite of what's actually happening
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/trump-team-pretends-to-be-horrified-as-pretext-to-target-comey