Even Trump-friendly Fox News is having trouble booking GOP guests to comment on Trump, though the network has provided far less coverage of the stories about the president, particularly on its prime time shows.
Brian Sierra, a Justice Department spokesman, said, "We're not going to comment on potential trouble down the road.
"This is the first time we have publicly presented the architecture of our technologies," she said, adding that, before she proceeded, she wanted to comment on the trouble surrounding the company.
Mr. Williams, who declined through a company spokeswoman and his lawyer to comment, repeatedly ran into trouble with regulators.
Mr. Jobs declined to comment on Microsoft's troubles with Vista, beyond noting that he thought Leopard was a better value.
It would have been very easy for Trump to decline to comment on Cohen's troubles, which have included an F.B.I. raid on his office, his hotel room, and his home.
A rep for Williams declined to comment on Williams' legal troubles.
He also sarcastically suggested that journalists who ignored him might be executed; State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke said from Washington that the U.S. was troubled by the comment.
Troubled by the comments, the White House threatened to revoke Karzai's invitation to meet with Obama in Washington, D.C., but the visit occurred as scheduled, with Karzai and Obama at least outwardly making efforts to mend their relationship.
The 20-second film hasn't exactly improved the estate's sometimes troubled image – comments on YouTube include the predictable: "What a shithole".
