Wow, this was some good television.

Bob Woodward’s first appearance on Fox News since publishing the new White House tell-all Rage was quite a show, with the two bickering back and forth and Woodward coming out the clear winner.

Dana Perino seemed to try to frame Woodward purely as someone fiercely anti-Trump, to which the famed journalist paid no heed and instead stayed on message and ignored Perino’s constant gotcha-type questions and comments.

Perino seemed most bothered by the fact that Woodward’s conclusion is that Trump is not up for the job as president.

“Have you been able to read the book, Dana,” Woodward said to Perino, surprised that she would even attempt to defend Trump.

“Look, it’s a nightmare, working for Trump,” Woodward pushed back at Perino, reminding her that she has publicly said, “you would not have been his press secretary because he blindsided people because he surprised people.”

Perino made clear, “I was never asked to be his press secretary, but it’s true, I think the job is harder when he weighs in.” She then hedged by adding, “he is his own best spokesperson, as I think that he showed when he agreed to do all of these on the record interviews with you.” Perino’s repeated efforts to get her guest to compare Trump to Biden failed, as Woodward kept his focus on the subject he’d spent the past nine months researching and writing about.

Perino admitted that it was a “frustrating” interview in a segment with Ari Fleischer and Donna Brazile that followed the interview, adding that it was hard for her to “get a word in edgewise.” But if you watch the interview, you see that isn’t true. Perino was trying to defend the indefensible and it just wasn’t working out for her.
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