Based on his observations of Trump’s performance reading lines written for him at the Gridiron dinner, Wilbur Ross says Trump’s state of mind is fine.
Hmmm. Wilbur Ross, gazillionaire with a trophy wife and a junior psychiatrist… perhaps I need to rethink my diagnostic impressions of the president (the most recent below:)
Here are the top jokes. Do you think any were original besides his off the cuff remark about how nice it would be to be president for life?
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CHUCK TODD:
I've got to ask you about the president personally. You've known him a long time. You're a personal friend of his. There is a lot of concern among other friends of his that what's happening inside the White House, his relationship with the chief of staff, are you concerned?
SECRETARY WILBUR ROSS:
I think Chief of Staff Kelly is doing a very good job. He's a very disciplined, very organized person. And I think he's doing a very good job so far.
CHUCK TODD:
No, but are you concerned about the president's state of mind?
SECRETARY WILBUR ROSS:
His state of mind is fine. If you went to the Gridiron last night, which I did and others did, he was very relaxed, he was self-deprecating, he had some very good humorous lines. I don't see any problem with his behavior at all.
CHUCK TODD:
Okay. But if others are trying to, John Thune, the the pretty high-ranking Republican senator, especially in reaction to the tariffs, he's sitting there going, "Well, every day is an adventure," this lack of working with allies to inform them what's going on, this erratic decision-making progress, none of this is problematic in your view?
SECRETARY WILBUR ROSS:
I don't know how you call erratic a decision that he announced in 2016 that he was going to help steel and aluminum, then went through the whole process with the 232s. How is that erratic? That's consistent. This president has been more consistent in following up his campaign promises than anyone I can remember.