[a fool in paradise]

I don't find this too surprising. There have been fewer than 50 people who have held the job of President, the vast majority of them now being deceased. There aren't that many people around who may have dealt with the same issues a President faces, and the current President may think that the input of one of his predecessors may be of some value in dealing with this problem or that.

Recall when Bill Clinton consulted with Richard Nixon (whom his wife zealously pursued once upon a time).

Politics makes strange bedfellows.

[NKP_Vet]

Nixon was a SOCIAL LIBERAL.