NYT reports WH spokesman Sean Spicer's performance before the press yesterday, where he combatively said media reports about inaugural crowds were false and then didn't take question, has earned the ire of the president.
[H]is appearance, according to the people familiar with Mr. Trump's thinking, went too far, in the president's opinion. — New York Times
NYT's Maggie Haberman says Spicer may have been set up:
The reality: Numbers for Trump's inauguration were 18% lower than Obama's first in 2009 when 37.8 million tuned in.
You should know: Trump is obsessed with ratings, poll numbers and crowd sizes. So, his head is spinning this morning with all of media focused on his big but not record setting crowds and TV audience.
