Editor-at-large Bill Kristol discussed Sean Spicer’s first press briefing and President Trump’s unpresidential first days with Jake Tapper on Monday. Spicer was “disastrous” Saturday and “better” at Monday’s first official briefing, Kristol said. The president’s conduct, on the other hand, shows no such signs of improvement:

“I think Sean Spicer as press secretary, fine. He was pretty disastrous Saturday, did better today. But the White House Press Corps has been nice to him. They’re going to have to deal with him for a long time. First day, don’t beat him up—you’d like to get access to White House staff for interviews, to the president himself.”