My father noted that Doocy mis-handled the call.
Peter should have told Joe “don’t apologize to me, apologize to MY MOTHER. And I mean publicly, with a truckload of roses.”
Yeah, be nasty back to POTUS and never be called on again to ask a question of the President. Not a good trade-off, as Peter Doocy gets quite a few zinger questions in to the Prez and Propagandist Psaki. That opportunity to ask hard questions would be gone and that would be a bad thing for our side as we have so few vehicles and opportunities to question this POTUS.
So, for the momentary satisfaction of calling POTUS out when he called, Doocy would have last his ability to ask hard questions of the Prez in the future. You win the battle but lose the war. Young Doocy is intelligent and knew better than to die on this battlefield. He did exactly the right thing and has shown a maturity for his age that will stand his future career in broadcasting well. Smart guy.