He's very good, very bright. He just uses country bumpkin mannerisms because they come naturally to him, and it really disarms his opponents.
If he is confounded, I am in good company.
Where is he on Mitch?
The 2017 reference is interesting—nothing happened “up there” in 2017 (that we know of) but something did happen in journalism land:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/18/insider/secret-pentagon-ufo-program.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/unidentified-flying-object-navy.html