The fact is not just “reacting to media”. Pence is supporting someone opposing Trump. What are Trump’s circle being protected from that Trump and all his citizen patriots not protected from? I actually read nearly every post and link on this thread and it is a full time job. I don’t live in a media bubble.
But I also think for myself and I believe some people who were around Trump were there for their own reasons and some are simply dirty. Bill Barr for example has quite the checkered past. I think Trump offered him a means to redeem himself and appearances make me question if he used the opportunity.
Musk has visited Trump several times over the past two years.
Several people who have visited Trump over the past two years have later had "public" spats with Trump. It is all for show; it is not real.
We can't know for sure who is for or against Trump, but we can see that there is a whole lot of Kabuki Theatre going on.
We're just not reacting to the media news when they throw out their "two-minute hate" of the day.
Pence is pretending to support the McCain toadie who is behind in the polls. Kari Lake is in the lead, and her lead will increase now.