President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speak to reporters as they sit in a Tesla vehicle on the South Lawn of the White House Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in Washington.

Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo gushed to Trump adviser Peter Navarro that President Donald Trump “is so funny” after she played a clip of Trump making a quip during a cabinet meeting.

But the president that the public sees, Maher added, was a kind of performance. “A crazy person doesn’t live in the White House. A person who plays a crazy person on TV a lot lives there ...