"Today the US State Department did not hold a press briefing, which is understandable. If I were in charge of justifying the behavior of the US government and its allies, I wouldn’t want to face the press today either."
Why?
It would be no more threatening than holding a press briefing for one's own well-fed pet lapdogs, if lapdogs had Twitter bluechecks and press credentials.
"Today the US State Department did not hold a press briefing, which is understandable. If I were in charge of justifying the behavior of the US government and its allies, I wouldn’t want to face the press today either."
Why?
It would be no more threatening than holding a press briefing for one's own well-fed pet lapdogs, if lapdogs had Twitter bluechecks and press credentials.