That made me laugh out loud!
Here is the video of most of that meeting. VIDEO
Trump suckered Nancy and Chuckie into a completely transparent meeting...all on video.
And Trump did it with the great Mike Pence playing the straight man.
BTW, this was not a double vaudevillian comedy act so Pence was playing a slightly different role.
Pence's straight man act was aimed at bringing dignity and gravitas to this meeting.
The President knew he would have to mud wrestle Pelosi and Schumer to get them to be honest...and, of course, the President loved that.
It was Pence who stood above the mud wrestling. He remind us that while the President is willing to get in the mud and wrestle for the truth...for the U.S.A....he, the President, still understands the importance of the dignity of the WH.
He, the President, knows that the White House is still above such.
Trump is a master of reality TV. I think he and his team, including Mike Pence, took a great deal of joy knowing how this would play out.
BTW, using a straight man in this case meant having someone present, Pence, who would dignify an otherwise undignified performance.
In other word, Trump was once again the pig your mom warned you not to wrestle with.
Trump, Pelosi, Schumer all got into the mud.
Trump loved every minute of it and Pelosi and Schumer got awfully dirty.
And there was Pence, representing the dignity of the White House.