President Trump’s political enemies are trying to stir up a panic over his latest executive orders.
But one former administration insider shut them down with a brutal dose of reality.
And Reince Priebus destroyed an ABC News roundtable when he dropped this truth bomb about Trump’s plans.
Media meltdown over executive orders
ABC News is having a full-blown meltdown over President Trump’s recent executive orders targeting former officials Miles Taylor and Chris Krebs. During Sunday’s This Week roundtable discussion, host Jonathan Karl framed these orders as “extraordinary” and part of Trump’s “retribution” agenda.
The executive orders direct the Department of Justice to investigate these former officials, with Taylor being the notorious “Anonymous” author who wrote op-eds against Trump while serving as Chief of Staff at the Department of Homeland Security, and Krebs who was fired for contradicting Trump’s claims about the 2020 election.
Former RNC Chair and first term Trump White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus refused to go along with the panel’s framing and hit back hard.
“Trump is not blurring the lines. He’s drawing the lines and he is drawing the lines for everyone to see,” Priebus declared on the ABC News panel.
Priebus should know, leaks are why he’s a former insider and not a current one.
When Karl tried to press him about the appropriateness of investigating these officials, Priebus stood firm.
“I will tell you, if you have a Chief of Staff in a department that writes anonymous op-eds against the president…” Priebus began, before being cut off. He later clarified that the issue was about trustworthiness, saying these officials betrayed their roles while serving the president.
Liberals can’t handle the truth
The panel’s liberals were visibly upset by Priebus’ straightforward defense.
Former DNC Chair Donna Brazile tried to dismiss the executive orders as “stupid,” claiming Trump is “in a season of revenge and retaliation” rather than focusing on issues like inflation.
Dispatch Senior Editor Sarah Isgur suggested the orders were meant to “chill people who disagree with the president,” while ABC News contributor Rachael Bade questioned whether the Justice Department is “supposed to be independent.”
But Priebus wasn’t having any of it, shooting back: “Are you saying that the president of the United States can’t request an investigation on anyone?”
Media celebrates “big week” against Trump
The roundtable quickly shifted to celebrating what they viewed as setbacks for Trump, particularly regarding his tariff policies.
Bade claimed “this was a big week for Donald Trump and not in a good way,” suggesting that his temporary pause on some tariffs represented a “180” turnaround due to market pressure.
“I think this was a big week for Donald Trump, and not in a good way,” Bade said. “There has been this sort of narrative since the election that he basically defies gravity, right? He runs roughshod over his own party, foreign adversaries, or allies… This week he’s the one who got checked.”
But Priebus once again cut through the spin, reminding the panel that this was exactly what he predicted the previous week.
“The difference between last week and this week is a totally different universe,” Priebus said. “And as I said last week, there’s going to be an announcement on deals… And what do we have a week later? We’ve got deals.”
He pointed out that President Trump has advanced negotiations by 90 days and appointed Scott Bessent to lead trade talks, bringing countries to the table rather than the other way around.
Trump’s strategy is working
Despite the media’s attempts to frame Trump’s tariff pause as a defeat, Priebus highlighted how the president’s tough stance is actually producing results.
“Ninety percent of our trade imbalance is confined into 15 countries,” Priebus explained. “And these countries actually are coming to them. It’s not the other way around.”
Even Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer felt compelled to visit the White House last week—a meeting she reportedly tried to keep low-profile by hiding behind a folder when spotted by photographers.
Bade admitted, “Big Gretch gets punked; that’s the headline right now. I mean, this was intentional. Somebody in the West Wing said, OK, this woman is a potential threat to the party in the future.”
While liberals on the panel tried to claim Trump was facing major setbacks, the evidence shows his hardline approach is bringing both political opponents and foreign leaders to the table—exactly as planned.
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