As an aside it is VERY funny to me that it is Rick Grenell riding to Tate's rescue. In the old days we'd have described Rick Grenell as "openly gay" -- a term

As an aside it is VERY funny to me that it is Rick Grenell riding to Tate's rescue. In the old days we'd have described Rick Grenell as "openly gay" -- a term people very justifiably think should be left in the old days that described people, usually men, who adopted any position beyond simply not lying to anyone. Nowadays this is what we expect for any gay person: they should not have to lie to anyone, or adopt any particular position of downplaying their identity. But in Trump world I think it probably has some meaning and currency: Grenell is an openly-gay Trumpist. It must really upset Tate that this man is being sent to save him. Because Tate is a throwback: he is not fond of the openly gay. (Emphasis yours.)