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Trump gushes about Sen. Jon Husted's looks and athleticism

The remark about Ohio Sen. Jon Husted drew attention for its unusual tone; a consultant has already billed more than the senator's staff would like.

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorPresident Trump praised Ohio Senator Jon Husted's looks and athleticism, and used a crude word for part of the senator's anatomy.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorWendeline Straub is a management consultant who bills four thousand dollars an hour. Ms. Straub, what happened here?

  3. Wendeline StraubGloria, what you're describing is a leadership communication event, and at a rate I'd call modest, eight hundred dollars, I can map it.

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe president said it out loud, on the record. What is there to map?

  5. Wendeline StraubTwo axes: how awkward, and how public. This laminated matrix places the remark in the top right, which clients call the headline quadrant.

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe headline quadrant.

  7. Wendeline StraubCorrect. And at a rate I'd call modest, twenty-four hundred dollars, I can tell you whether the senator should feel flattered.

  8. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI can tell you that for free. Most people would find it odd. So is that your finding?

  9. Wendeline StraubThat's phase one.

  10. Wendeline StraubPhase two is a stakeholder workshop with the senator, the president, and ideally a neutral facilitator, at a rate I'd call modest, nine thousand.

  11. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorYou want to put the senator in a workshop about a compliment he didn't ask for?

  12. Wendeline StraubGloria, nobody asks for a workshop. That is what makes the market so durable.

  13. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorFine. Give me your full conclusion in one sentence.

  14. Wendeline StraubThe president said something strange about a senator's looks. At a rate I'd call modest, that is twelve thousand dollars.

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