No other Republicans are willing to match Trump’s anti-media swagger. That’s becoming a problem.

On the campaign trail, none of President Trump's rivals could — or would — match the brazenness of his attacks on the news media. Trump's rejection of basic political norms helped him win the election, but it is becoming a problem now that he is president. As other Republicans refuse to follow his lead, Trump is growing frustrated.

A recent Washington Post story claims, "A few hours after Trump had publicly defended his attorney general and said he should not recuse himself from the Russia probe, [Jeff] Sessions called a news conference to announce just that — amounting to a public rebuke of the president." The president became irritated all over again March 5, after he received little support for his unsubstantiated claim that President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower during the campaign: "Few Republicans were defending him on the Sunday political talk shows. Some Trump advisers and allies were especially disappointed in Sen Marco Rubio (R-FL), who two days earlier had hitched a ride down to Florida with Trump on Air Force One. Pressed by NBC’s Chuck Todd to explain Trump’s wiretapping claim, Rubio demurred. 'Look, I didn’t make the allegation,' he said. 'I’m not the person that went out there and said it.'"