Reporting From Alaska- Dunleavy droned. Donald dozed.

“Mr. President, this is another example of America First, to be honest with you,” said Dunleavy.

“Alaska provides 60 percent of the country’s seafood. We’re the state with halibut, salmon, King Crab, you name it, it comes from Alaska. Alaska’s one of, fishing in Alaska’s one of the oldest industries in that entire state, employs thousands of individuals. Everyone has had fish from Alaska, we know that. But this is an example again of putting Americans first, America first, workers first and really this country first and so on behalf of Alaska, on behalf of all fishermen and women, I want to thank you for what you’re doing for this country, for the state of Alaska as well,” said Dunleavy.

Trump had no idea what he was signing. It appeared that Dunleavy had no idea what Trump was signing. In that they were evenly matched.

Trump thought the proclamation applied to Alaska waters, not to waters near Hawaii, and he had a notion he was saving the fishing industry from shutdowns ordered by his predecessors that Trump was reversing. He asked Dunleavy about it.

“Governor, was this shut down?” Trump asked about the proclamation that had nothing to do with Alaska. “I mean it’s just so hard to believe. So this was trauma for your industry, which is a big industry.”

Dunleavy may be too tall to get a top job with Trump, but he is as small as anyone in the inner circle. He couldn’t answer the question, so he oozed obsequious and changed the subject.

“Well, your deregulation is what really helps Alaska,” Dunleavy said. “It helps the fishermen. We, the country doesn’t need more regulation. We need less regulation. And that includes for this industry as well. From that perspective, and it’s across the board, we could talk about oil and gas and so forth, but this is about fish. But your deregulation approach is really what we need. We don’t need more costs. And as you said, we probably don’t need electric boats either,” Dunleavy said, a line that drew a smile from the winner of the FIFA peace prize.

“We need the focus on getting seafood to Americans, putting people to work. And this is exactly what this does. So I just want to thank you,” said Dunleavy.

“Good job,” Trump said.

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