Thursday’s announcement about Fox commentator turned National Security Adviser John Bolton is just the latest example of the TV-to-White House pipeline. Comedy writer Nick Jack Pappas’s quip last week — “He always wanted to create Trump TV, so he’s turning the White House into it” — feels prophetic…

Trump hiring TV personalities “creates this positive feedback loop,” former Fusion TV host Alicia Menendez said on “Reliable Sources” last weekend.

“If you love the president, if you love Fox News, then his hiring from Fox validates Fox’s credibility and it also validates the president’s great taste, right? It works both ways,” she said.