You might think that a guy with a well-established penchant for blurting out things that brought the world down on his head would want to maintain minimum safe distance from a medium that at times seems to exist primarily to lull smart people into committing public acts of stupidity.
"With the final hurdle being passed now, we've got a minimum deal that avoids any immediate threat of the US falling off the cliff, " said Jason Hughes, head of premium client management for IG Markets Singapore.
Let the policy be designed by the Alan Krueger, the head of his Council of Economic Advisors, and one of the pioneering researchers on the impact of the minimum wage.