Veteran NBC anchor Tom Brokaw took exception to House Speaker Paul Ryan's defense of Donald Trump, saying the president ran for office as a "big time exec, not as an apprentice."
Brokaw's comments came in the form of a rare tweet:
Brokaw's tweet refers to Trump's former role on the television show, "The Apprentice."
Politico reported Ryan had defended Trump's communications with ex-FBI Director James Comey by saying the president wasn't "steeped in the long-running protocols" of how to deal with law enforcement and is "new at this."