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run interference
Handle problems or help clear the way for another, as in The press secretary runs interference for the governor. This term comes from football, where it refers to the blocking of defensive players by offensive players to let the ball carrier advance. Its figurative use dates from the mid-1900s.
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The Western White House could also run interference for SpaceX founder Elon Musk, whose attempts to shoot off more rockets at Vandenberg Space Force Base have been stymied by regulators at the aforementioned coastal commission.
Cannon nonetheless reached deep into the executive branch’s affairs to apparently impede the flow of information between the nation’s top law enforcement officer and the president, vastly exceeding her constitutional role to run interference for Trump.
On a political level, it makes perfect sense that Cannon would run interference for Trump yet again.
Elon Musk thinks a “tough” and “intimidating” figurehead on the international stage must run interference for far-right disruptors in other countries and cite outright, unapologetic lies as justification.
The court evidently willing to run interference for Trump—who, after all, appointed three members of the conservative majority that is surely behind this delay tactic.
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