Donald Trump has been acting strangely for quite a while. Some moments he's there, some moments he isn't.
But his sudden decision to grant New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt an interview two days ago, after spotting him having lunch at his Mar-A-Lago club, was bizarre even by his standards.
And when his advisers or controllers or daycare workers heard about that, they were very unhappy.
When President Trump sat down with a reporter for a wide-ranging, 30-minute interview at his private golf club here Thursday, not a single aide or adviser was present at the table — and not a single aide or adviser knew about it in advance.
Because they know that when The Beast is off the leash he's capable of saying or doing ANYTHING.
And sure enough they were right.