On CNN's The Arena With Kasie Hunt, conservative commentator Jonah Goldberg took the first at-bat reacting to the report. Goldberg called it weird politics and submitted that it shows you what a different time we're in that this is even being considered, especially given the ongoing government shutdown and other corruption allegations against Trump. Then the Times Lulu Garcia-Navarro noted that the cash Trump was seeking was taxpayer money that would be going into the president's pocketbook.