This episode reminds me of the one with Reagan and his budget chief David Stockman.
Stockman went to the newsmedia to bash Reagan’s budget proposal as “voodoo economics”. In response a livid Reagan took him back to the “woodshed” for a well deserved “beating” . Stockman ended up offering his resignation, but Reagan refused it - and they lived happily ever after.
Maybe history will repeat itself.
George H W Bush was the one who coined the phrase “voodoo economics” in the primary.