White House Press Corps Asks Obama Three Questions About Trump, None About Ben Rhodes.

From Ed Driscoll, at Instapundit, "JUST THINK OF THEM AS DEMOCRAT OPERATIVES WITH BYLINES, AND IT ALL MAKES SENSE."

Also, from Dan Nexon, at Duck of Minerva, "The White House Pushes for its Policies, and Other Surprises from Ben Rhodes."

Postmodern foreign policy.

FWIW, Samuels' appears to be walking a very fine line in the piece. /1

— Daniel Nexon (@dhnexon) May 6, 2016

Here's his inference from the 'grand deception' of focusing on the 2013-2015 round & critics are seizing upon: 2/ pic.twitter.com/HZeUSEoggj

— Daniel Nexon (@dhnexon) May 6, 2016

Here's the *only* supporting evidence he offers from Rhodes — which is not actually from the interview: 3/ pic.twitter.com/CIyRwOEzvC

— Daniel Nexon (@dhnexon) May 6, 2016

These are NOT the same argument. One is about trying to 'end cycles of conflict,' the other is about unravelling US alliances 4/

— Daniel Nexon (@dhnexon) May 6, 2016

This is basically just Samuels offering his own theory and wrapping it in orthogonal statements and evidence 5/

— Daniel Nexon (@dhnexon) May 6, 2016