'What the hell?' Trump admin freaking out over new CBS News hire

The White House was furious Thursday after CBS News and its MAGA-friendly boss, Bari Weiss, had added a new communications executive who formerly worked for Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY).

Jeremy Adler was slated to join the network's communications team, two sources told Axios. From 2019 to 2023, Adler was deputy chief of staff and senior communications adviser for Cheney, "one of the president's biggest foils during his first term, when she led the House's probe into the Jan. 6 Capitol siege."

The Trump administration had harsh words surrounding the hiring decision.

"The idea CBS would hire Liz Cheney's flack who has worked to jail President Trump and make it impossible for anybody who supported the president to get hired is insanity. What the hell is Bari Weiss thinking?" a White House official told Axios.

Tensions have been escalating between CBS News and the Trump administration.

The network has faced increasing scrutiny and tension from the Trump administration over its editorial decisions and coverage of White House policies, with the network maintaining its commitment to independent journalism despite pressure from the administration. The relationship between the White House and CBS News reflects broader conflicts between the Trump administration and mainstream media outlets over news narratives, fact-checking and access to administration officials.

Weiss's news operation has taken some recent hits. Longtime journalists have opted to exit the news organization and not renew their contracts, including departures by Anderson Cooper and Scott MacFarlane.