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President, and because of the strong support of the leadership in the congress of the united states, you're delivering on that middleclass miracle. >> joining us now is staff writer for the "the atlantic." thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> mike pence is just one of the examples of mike pence lavishing praise on the president. when he does that praiseapalooza, what's behind that? >> well, there are a couple of things at work. on one level, pence has always known the way to trump's heart is flattery. this is evident since the first time they met each other as potential running m...