Ben Terris

You know, my dad is the same age, and my dad could never do what he does.

I couldn't do what he does.

Stephen Miller told me if I was going to write an honest story, the headline had to be the superhuman president, which we then used as the headline, juxtapose it with a picture of Donald Trump stumbling up the stairs and looking, you know, pretty old.

You know, take that how you want it.

But it was just a bunch of people doing this kind of dear leader, almost North Korea-like, this man is perfect and we're all just in awe to be in his presence.

Yeah, you know, I think about

I think it's a number of things.

I think for sure a big part of it is there's no penalty in the Republican Party for being over the top with your praise for Donald Trump.

And there's plenty of reason that you can be more successful if you do that.

If you want to be the next president of the United States, you kind of need Donald Trump's coalition.

You kind of need Donald Trump's support.

And if you're vying for that kind of power, then it helps your cause to talk to me and say, this man is perfect.

Because if Donald Trump reads it, he goes, oh, that was really nice of Marco Rubio to say, I like this guy.

I also think that everybody who's around the White House, in the administration, they all have their own objectives that they're trying to accomplish.

And sometimes they feel like if they play the game that they need to play, they're more likely to be able to accomplish what they want to accomplish.

They have more room to do their own side projects that Donald Trump doesn't necessarily care about.

I also do think there's a chance that they believe this to a degree.

Are they speaking in hyperbolic language?

Yeah, probably.

But do they believe that Donald Trump is incredibly healthy for a 79-year-old man?