I noticed that too. Pence was like ‘The Man Who Wasn’t There’
yesterday. I don’t know if the president wanted it that way.
I tend to think he didn’t. Pence was asked or instructed to be there. He was on the edges of the Ring of Fire, just cooling his heels. The Donald may think about that before selecting his running mate for 2020. The other three didn’t even see a reason to acknowledge him.
Pence looked uncomfortable. I understand the discomfort, to some degree.
The president is very uninhibited. Most politicians are not used to that, especially GOP politicians. Paul Ryan used to retreat in his snail shell all the time when around Mr. Trump’s sounding off sessions.
The way I read it, Mike Pence is basically functioning as Trump’s chief of staff right now.
I've been in many a meeting when, somebody either above my pay grade or has taken ownership of the narrative of the meeting, you let them own it and go. VP Mike Pence was doing just that - no need for him to interrupt or add to what PDJT was getting across.