Flatterers out in force to fill Trump’s head with Venezuelan statue dreams

President’s popularity top of mind at another weird and wild cabinet meeting – riff on merits of Sharpies included

They have become so notorious for displays of flattery and obsequiousness that critics have drawn comparisons with North Korea.

Thursday’s https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-holds-cabinet-meeting/676355">cabinet meeting at the White House was no different.

https://www.doi.gov/secretary-doug-burgum">Doug Burgum, the US interior secretary, outflanked his fellow praise singers by saying he believes that Venezuela – which the US attacked in January – intends to honour the president with a statue.