Back in December, The Atlantic published a special Donald Trump "meltdown" issue that featured 24 essays about the dangers of a second Trump term. CNN's Jake Tapper immediately invited Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg and a handful of contributors to join him on "The Lead." Tapper is not a Trump fan, as he won't waste his time with election deniers — even though he's had Stacey Abrams on as a guest dozens of times.

As you know, Trump swept the Iowa caucuses Monday night and was declared the winner soon after 8:30. Trump gave a victory speech, but CNN cut away after 10 minutes, with Tapper announcing that Trump was just repeating his anti-immigrant rhetoric.

Was this Tapper's call or the producers'?

That was so nice of Tapper to cut away from Trump's "anti-immigrant rhetoric" so voters didn't have to hear it. 

It's weird: CNN needs Trump to be the nominee to have a reason to exist, and yet Tapper will do anything he can to keep Trump off the air.